Rockies 6, Mariners 5
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| Regular Season Series |
| Colorado leads 3-0 (as of Sat 4/4) |
| Fri 6/12 |
@COL 6, SEA 4 |
Recap |
| Sat 6/13 |
@COL 5, SEA 3 |
Recap |
| Sun 6/14 |
@COL 7, SEA 1 |
Recap |
| · Complete Schedule: Rockies | Mariners |
| Scoring Summary |
| SEA | COL |
 | 3rd | Y Betancourt homered to left. | 1 | 0 |
| 3rd | K Griffey Jr singled to right, F Gutierrez scored, J Lopez to third. | 2 | 0 |
 | 3rd | T Tulowitzki singled to left, J Marquis scored. | 2 | 1 |
| 4th | K Johjima homered to left center. | 3 | 1 |
| 4th | J Baker doubled to left, G Atkins and B Hawpe scored. | 3 | 3 |
| 4th | Y Torrealba doubled to deep right, C Barmes scored. | 3 | 4 |
| 4th | J Marquis singled to center, Y Torrealba scored, J Marquis out stretching at second. | 3 | 5 |
| 5th | M Tuiasosopo singled to center, F Gutierrez scored. | 4 | 5 |
| 7th | M Wilson singled to left center, T Gillies scored. | 5 | 5 |
| 9th | S Smith singled to deep center, Y Torrealba scored, D Fowler to third, O Quintanilla to second. | 5 | 6 |
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| Game Information |
| Stadium | Cashman Field, Las Vegas, NV |
| Weather | 57 degrees, Sunny |
| Wind | 5 mph, IC |
| Umpires | Home - Doug Eddings, First Base - Chris Tiller, Second Base - Dana DeMuth, Third Base - Doug Eddings |
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS -- Seth Smith hit a bases-loaded RBI single off the left-field wall in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Colorado Rockies a 6-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday in the spring training finale for both teams.
Mike Wilson's RBI single for the Mariners in the seventh had tied it at 5 after
Matt Tuiasosopo's two-out RBI single in the fifth cut the Rockies' lead to 5-4.
Kenji Johjima and
Yuniesky Betancourt homered for the Mariners, while Ken Griffey Jr. went 1-for-2 with an RBI, ending spring training on a nine-game hitting streak.
Manuel Corpas (1-0) got the win in relief for the Rockies, while
Sean White (1-1) took the loss. Rockies starter
Jason Marquis allowed four runs and 10 hits in six innings, but he struck out seven and walked none.
After
Garrett Atkins opened the fourth with a single and
Brad Hawpe doubled,
Jeff Baker followed with a two-run double that tied it at 3 for Colorado.
Yorvit Torrealba had an RBI double and Marquis hit a run-scoring single to put the Rockies ahead 5-3.
Betancourt opened the third inning with a line-drive homer to left field for the Mariners. Griffey's RBI single a few batters later made it 2-0.
Troy Tulowitzki's RBI single in the bottom of the inning cut the Mariners' lead to 3-1, but Johjima led off the fourth with a homer.
Johjima went 3-for-3 for the Mariners, while Torrealba was 3-for-4 for the Rockies.
Colorado won't reduce its roster to 25 players until Sunday, but Seattle made a flurry of moves following Saturday's game.
Besides earlier placing outfielder
Ichiro Suzuki, who is out due to a bleeding ulcer, on the 15-day disabled list, Seattle outrighted pitcher
Jesus Delgado to Triple-A Tacoma and reassigned pitchers
Tyler Johnson and
Chad Cordero, infielders
Chris Burke and
Chris Woodward, catcher
Jamie Burke and outfielder Mile Wilson to minor league camp.
Recalled from Tacoma was Tuiasosopo and selected from Tacoma were pitchers Chris Jakubauskas and Shawn Kelley and infielder
Mike Sweeney.
Game notes Saturday's game was the Mariners' team-record 37th official contest of spring training and the Rockies' 36th game. ... Mariners C
Endy Chavez, who returned from playing for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic with 11 spring training games left, hit .514 (18-for-35). He didn't play Saturday.
Rockies 6, 
Mariners 5