MARINERS GAME ONE PROBABLE STARTER: Ron Villone (3-2, 2.88 ERA). Villone makes his fifth start of the season and fourth straight for the Mariners. While he has not earned a decision in any of the previous four starts, he has posted a 1.64 ERA to help the Mariners to a 3-1 record in that span. Villone allowed three runs - one earned - and six hits over six innings in Seattle's 6-5 win over the Angels on Thursday. He is 1-0 with a 5.71 ERA in 14 career games against Baltimore. This will be his first start against the Orioles.
ORIOLES GAME ONE PROBABLE STARTER: Ponson (6-12, 5.60 ERA). Ponson is 2-3 with a 3.86 ERA in nine career games, including eight starts, against the Mariners
STREAKS AND NOTES: Mariners - LHP Eddie Guardado was placed on the 15-day DL Monday with a tired left shoulder. He has appeared in 41 games for Seattle with 18 saves and a 2.78 ERA. LHP Matt Thornton will be recalled from Triple-A Tacoma on Tuesday to fill his roster spot. ... RF Suzuki has hit safely in 23 of his last 24 games. ... DH Edgar Martinez needs 16 RBIs to become the first designated hitter in history with 1,000. He is batting .391 (9-for-23) with two homers, four doubles and five RBIs career against RHP Ponson. Orioles - OF Jay Gibbons, out since June 29 with a strained left hip flexor, will begin a rehabilitation assignment at Class-A Frederick and then move on to Double-A Bowie. ... RF David Newhan went 4-for-5 on Sunday to end a 2-for-22 slide. The four hits matched a career high. ... 1B Rafael Palmeiro, who hit his 542nd career homer Sunday, is hitting .250 (19-for-76) with four homers,
ORIOLES GAME ONE PROBABLE STARTER: Ponson (6-12, 5.60 ERA). Ponson is 2-3 with a 3.86 ERA in nine career games, including eight starts, against the Mariners
STREAKS AND NOTES: Mariners - LHP Eddie Guardado was placed on the 15-day DL Monday with a tired left shoulder. He has appeared in 41 games for Seattle with 18 saves and a 2.78 ERA. LHP Matt Thornton will be recalled from Triple-A Tacoma on Tuesday to fill his roster spot. ... RF Suzuki has hit safely in 23 of his last 24 games. ... DH Edgar Martinez needs 16 RBIs to become the first designated hitter in history with 1,000. He is batting .391 (9-for-23) with two homers, four doubles and five RBIs career against RHP Ponson. Orioles - OF Jay Gibbons, out since June 29 with a strained left hip flexor, will begin a rehabilitation assignment at Class-A Frederick and then move on to Double-A Bowie. ... RF David Newhan went 4-for-5 on Sunday to end a 2-for-22 slide. The four hits matched a career high. ... 1B Rafael Palmeiro, who hit his 542nd career homer Sunday, is hitting .250 (19-for-76) with four homers,
