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Mariners manager Eric Wedge told Chone Figgins Friday that he has lost his place in the Mariners lineup, and will ride the bench as a utility player. Wedge met with Figgins before the game Friday at Safeco Field. Hitting .189, Figgins has struck out 28 times in 95 at-bats. In the last seven games, Figgins hit

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Here’s the good news: The Mariners’ six-game losing streak is well short of the club record of 17 set a year ago. The bad news: It’s early. In front of the biggest crowd of the series, 11,575, the Tampa Bay Rays completed a four-game sweep of the Mariners, the first in history between the teams,

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Kyle Seager belted a three-run homer in the first inning and a solo shot in the sixth, but the Mariners (11-15) could do little else offensively Wednesday and dropped their fifth consecutive game, a 5-4 decision to the Tampa Bay Rays. The streak, following four wins in a row to start the current 10-day, 10-game

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