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SEATTLE (AP) — Brock Holt doubled and scored the go ahead run on Rickie Weeks’ error with one out in the ninth inning and the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 2-1 last night for their fourth win in five games. Holt lined the second pitch of the ninth from Seattle closer Fernando Rodney into left-center and was easily safe at second when Weeks’ throw sailed over Robinson Cano’s head.

SEATTLE (AP) — Brad Miller received no heads up that when he arrived at the park that he was about to make his first start in left field for the Seattle Mariners. Good thing Miller has spent the last 10 days getting extra work in the outfield during pregame. Miller made his first start in left field against Boston last night. After 201 starts over three seasons at shortstop, Seattle is seeing just how versatile Miller can be.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Marlon Byrd hit a bases-loaded single and a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning last night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Byrd’s two-run single off struggling Tim Lincecum put Reds starter Johnny Cueto in position for a win. He turned a 3-2 lead over to the NL’s worst bullpen in the eighth, and it got away.

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Backup Seattle Seahawks running back Robert Turbin underwent offseason hip surgery, but is expected back in time for the start of the 2015 regular season. The team said Turbin underwent the surgery yesterday but did not detail what was repaired or a recovery timeline. Turbin is entering the final year of his rookie contract with the Seahawks and has been the main backup for Marshawn Lynch since being drafted in 2012.

 

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