Found August 19, 2009 on Seattle Times:
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Just got up from a happier post-game clubhouse than we saw last night, after this one ended with a David Aardsma strikeout (photo above) of Alex Avila. Small wonder, since the Mariners now have 62 wins -- one more than all of last season. While that part is nice from a symbolic perspective, it's not all that much to crow about considering how low the bar had been set by the 2008 squad. What is worth crowing about is how the Mariners came in here, one night after a devastating loss, and took it to Cy Young Award contender Justin Verlander and the Tigers. Now, they didn't run Verlander out of the yard. This was only a 3-1 victory, after all and Verlander did strike out 10 batters in eight innings. But the Mariners did some little things right tonight, starting with that stolen base and first run by Michael Saunders. More on that in a moment. First, we spoke to manager Don Wakamatsu post-game about newly-acquired third baseman/outfielder Bill Hall and where he's going to...
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