--1B Richie Sexson went 0 for 4 Friday night, dropping his overall batting average to .195. He hit .226 in April and has batted just .111 (3 for 27) in May.

--CF Ichiro Suzuki went 1 for 3 with a pair of walks, but his batting average is just .272. He has gone just 1 for 13 (.077) in his last three games.

--DH Jeff Clement, the first-round draft choice called up by the Mariners April 30, is hitting just .167 after going 0 for 4 with three strikeouts Friday. He has three hits in his first 31 at-bats after his callup.

--RHP Brandon Morrow recorded two outs in relief and lowered his earned run average to 1.93. He has given up just one earned runs in his last eight relief appearances.

--3B Adrian Beltre went 1 for 5 with a pair of strikeouts Friday and is hitting just .247 for the season. He has just four hits in his last 27 at-bats.

BY THE NUMBERS
27 -- The number of times CF Ichiro Suzuki has had a hitting streak of 10 or more games in his career. He comes into Monday with an 11-game streak, currently the longest in the AL.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"We've got to do this ourselves. No one's going to do it for us." -- Manager John McLaren on the Mariners' need to dig themselves out of last place in the American League West.

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