MLB Game Summary - Arizona At Seattle
POSTED: 5:53 am MST March 9,
2009
UPDATED: 7:56 am MST March 9,
2009
Peoria, AZ -- (Sports Network) - Wladimir Balentien clubbed a three-run homer in the first inning and Russell Branyan also homered in the opening frame and totaled three RBI in Seattle's 11-7 spring training win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Ken Griffey Jr. walked twice and singled for the Mariners, while Chris Shelton stroked a two-run single to highlight a four-run seventh inning. Ryan Rowland-Smith got the start and gave up five hits and two runs in three innings for Seattle. Sean White threw two innings to get the victory. Seth Etherton was pounded for six hits and seven runs -- four earned -- over 1 2/3 innings in the start for the Diamondbacks. Mark Reynolds and Justin Upton each went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs for Arizona.
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