In the Seattle Mariners 2012 schedule, there are 29 games in the month of May. That’s 29 games in the first 30 days alone, taking the Mariners to the East Coast and back again. The team has 16 road games and 13 home games, with a huge seven-game homestand against the Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Angels taking place in the fourth week of May. It’s definitely an important month for the American League West standings and could dictate if the Mariners are contenders or sellers heading towards the trading deadline.

Seattle Mariners May 2012 Schedule

Tuesday, May 1

Seattle at Tampa Bay Rays, TBD

Wednesday, May 2

Seattle at Tampa Bay, TBD

Thursday, May 3

Seattle at Tampa Bay

Friday, May 4

Minnesota Twins at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. PT

Saturday, May 5

Minnesota at Seattle, 6:10 p.m. PT

Sunday, May 6

Minnesota at Seattle, 1:10 p.m. PT

Monday, May 7

Detroit Tigers at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. PT

Tuesday, May 8

Detroit at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. PT

Wednesday, May 9

Detroit at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. PT

Friday, May 11

Seattle at New York Yankees, 4:05 p.m. PT

Saturday, May 12

Seattle at New York, 1:05 p.m. PT

Sunday, May 13

Seattle at New York, TBD

Monday, May 14

Seattle at Boston Red Sox, 4:10 p.m. PT

Tuesday, May 15

Seattle at Boston, 1:05 p.m. PT

Wednesday, May 16

Seattle at Cleveland Indians, TBD

Thursday, May 17

Seattle at Cleveland, TBD

Friday, May 18

Seattle at Colorado Rockies, 5:40 p.m. PT

Saturday, May 19

Seattle at Colorado, 1:10 p.m. PT

Sunday, May 20

Seattle at Colorado, 12:10 p.m. PT

Monday, May 21

Texas Rangers at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. PT

Tuesday, May 22

Texas at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. PT

Wednesday, May 23

Texas at Seattle, 12:40 p.m. PT

Thursday, May 24

Los Angeles Angels at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. PT

Friday, May 25

L.A. Angels at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. PT

Saturday, May 26

L.A. Angels at Seattle, 4:15 p.m. PT

Sunday, May 27

L.A. Angels at Seattle, 1:10 p.m. PT

Monday, May 28

Seattle at Texas, TBD

Tuesday, May 29

Seattle at Texas, TBD

Wednesday, May 30

Seattle at Texas, TBD

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The Los Angeles Angels and Seattle Mariners are set to battle Tuesday night in Anaheim in the second game of a three-game series. Ervin Santana and Felix Hernandez face off in what should be a great pitchers’ duel. Before the game, the Angels added a pair of infielders to the active roster, recalling Alexi Amarista and Gil Velazquez.

Amarista is in his third stint with the Angels this year. He has seven hits in 48 at-bats in 20 games with the Angels earlier this season. The 31-year old Velasquez hit .328 with 25 doubles and 17 stolen bases with Triple A Salt Lake this season. His last game in the majors came on May 16, 2009, while with the Boston Red Sox.

Here are Tuesday’s starting lineups:

Mariners (58-82)

Ichiro RF
Ryan SS
Ackley 2B
Carp DH
Smoak 1B
Olivo C
Seager 3B
Robinson LF
Saunders CF

Angels (77-64)

Izturis 2B
Aybar SS
Abreu DH
Hunter RF
Trumbo 1B
Callaspo 3B
Wells LF
Bourjos CF
Wilson C

Tuesday’s 7:05 p.m. PDT game will be televised by Fox Sports West. For more news and information on the Angels, be sure to read Halos Heaven.

OAKLAND, Calif. () — David DeJesus and Ryan Sweeney each drove in two runs, Hideki Matsui doubled three times and the Oakland Athletics completed a three-game sweep of the Seattle Mariners with an 8-3 victory Sunday.

Kurt Suzuki, Brandon Allen and Josh Willingham also drove in runs for the A’s, who won their third straight following a five-game losing streak.

Trevor Cahill (10-13) allowed a run and five hits over five innings to improve to 1-4 with a 6.46 ERA over his last seven starts. Andrew Bailey pitched the ninth for his 19th save in 21 chances.

Dustin Ackley hit a two-run homer and Ichiro Suzuki drove in a run for the Mariners, who have dropped four straight games. Luis Rodriguez added a two-run single.

Blake Beavan (3-5) pitched five innings for Seattle and was charged with four runs and seven hits. The rookie right-hander is 0-3 with a 6.44 ERA in his last five starts.

Mariners outfielder Casper Wells left with a bruised left elbow after getting hit by a pitch in the second inning. Franklin Gutierrez departed during his at-bat in the eighth inning, grabbing his left side after a swing and miss.

Cahill’s previous victory came on July 27 against Tampa Bay. He’s allowed 28 runs in 38 2-3 innings for a 6.52 ERA since holding the Rays scoreless over 7 1-3 innings.

Matsui is hitting .343 (62 for-181) since the All Star break. He hit .209 leading up to the break. The three doubles tied a single-game Oakland record.

Kurt Suzuki’s RBI single in the second gave the A’s the early edge. DeJesus added a sacrifice fly in the third and a run-scoring single in the fifth. Allen also drove in a run in the fifth.

Ichiro Suzuki hit an RBI single in the fifth for the Mariners’ first run. Ackley hit his sixth homer with two outs in the seventh.

The Athletics responded with four runs in the bottom half of the seventh. Sweeney hit a two-run triple and Willingham had a sacrifice fly.

NOTES: A’s OF Coco Crisp missed the game to recover from fouling a ball off his foot on Saturday. … Mariners RHP Dan Cortes is expected to make a rehab pearance with Triple-A Tacoma on Monday, then join the team at home later in the week. … A’s OF Michael Taylor was not in the starting lineup two days after manager Bob Melvin said he would be. “I put my foot in my mouth there,” Melvin said. “He’ll start against some left-handers. He’ll get a chance to play. He’s not here to sit.” … Mariners INF Brendan Ryan, who was on the disabled list in August with a left shoulder injury, got the day off. … Oakland raised $63,200 on A’s Breast Cancer Awareness Day. … LHP Anthony Vasquez starts for the Mariners when they open a series in Anaheim against the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. It will be his third major league start and his second against the Angels. … RHP Rich Harden starts Monday’s game for the A’s against the Kansas City Royals. He has 64 strikeouts since the All-Star Break, fifth in the AL. He is 2-0 in five home starts.

Felix Hernandez pitched a five-hitter and Mike Carp hit a two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 2-1 comeback victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.

The loss prevented the Angels from gaining ground on first-place Texas in the AL West. The Rangers, who earlier lost to Tampa Bay 5-1, maintain a 3½-game lead.

Hernandez (13-11), who dueled with Angels starter Dan Haren all night, gave up five hits, walked one and struck out nine in his fifth complete game of the season.

At one point, Haren (13-8) retired 15 batters in a row. After a one-out double to Kyle Seager, he didn’t allow another baserunner until Franklin Gutierrez’s one-out single in the seventh.

Haren allowed two earned runs, walked one and struck out seven in 7 2-3 innings.

The Mariners built a rally in the seventh. With two outs, Seager singled to left and Casper Wells reached on an error by third baseman Alberto Callaspo. That brought up Brendan Ryan with the bases loaded. Haren induced Ryan to hit a one-hopper back to the mound for an easy putout.

But Haren could not esce the eighth. With two outs, the Mariners rallied again. Gutierrez singled and Dustin Ackley singled, moving Gutierrez to third and chasing Haren.

Scott Downs entered and on a 1-2 pitch, Carp drilled his double against the left-center-field wall. That gave him 25 RBI in August, tying Danny Tartabull for the most for a rookie in any month.

Carp also had a game-winning two-run home run Monday to beat the Angels.

The Angels’ run came in the third. Mike Trout opened with a single to center. Expecting a low-scoring game, Angels manager Mike Scioscia chose to manufacture a run. He had Jeff Mathis sacrifice Trout to second with bunt.

Erick Aybar struck out, giving Hernandez 1,240 career strikeouts. That moved him ahead of Jamie Moyer for second place on the franchise strikeout list. Randy Johnson leads with 2,162.

Howie Kendrick followed with a two-out single through the left side. Trout scored without a throw.

This was a typical Hernandez-Haren matchup. The right-handers had opposed each other three times previously. Coming in, Hernandez was 1-0 with a 0.82 ERA and 26 strikeouts in his three starts. Haren was 1-1 with a 0.83 ERA and 18 strikeouts.

Aybar had a bunt single in the eighth — the team’s major league-leading 34th — to extend his hitting streak to 11 games.

Ichiro Suzuki went hitless in his four at-bats to end his 13-game hitting streak.

Notes: NASCAR driver Kurt Busch threw out the first pitch. … Scioscia said that RH Jerome Williams, who has had two strong starts, “definitely has pitched well enough to continue to start.” He said the club will adjust the rotation over the final months to rest or move up starters. … The Mariners will bring up two and possibly three players Thursday when rosters expand. All three are likely to be pitchers. Mariners manager Eric Wedge said two more players will be promoted when the minor league seasons end. … RHP Ervin Santana (10-9, 3.24 ERA) takes the mound in the final game of the four-game series Thursday. He has worked at least seven innings in his last eight starts, going 6-1. He is 10-5 with a 3.68 ERA in 24 career starts against Seattle. … Seattle will start LHP Charlie Furbush, who is 2-3 with a 6.48 ERA in his six pearances since arriving in a July 30 trade with Detroit. In his first big-league start July 4 when he was with the Tigers, he lost to the Angels, 5-1.

SEATTLE () – Felix Hernandez pitched a five-hitter and Mike Carp hit a two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 2-1 comeback victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.

The loss prevented the Angels from gaining ground on first-place Texas in the AL West. The Rangers, who earlier lost to Tampa Bay 5-1, maintain a 3½-game lead.

Hernandez (13-11), who dueled with Angels starter Dan Haren all night, gave up five hits, walked one and struck out nine in his fifth complete game of the season.

At one point, Haren (13-8) retired 15 batters in a row. After a one-out double to Kyle Seager, he didn’t allow another baserunner until Franklin Gutierrez’s one-out single in the seventh.

Haren allowed two earned runs, walked one and struck out seven in 7 2-3 innings.

The Mariners built a rally in the seventh. With two outs, Seager singled to left and Casper Wells reached on an error by third baseman Alberto Callaspo. That brought up Brendan Ryan with the bases loaded. Haren induced Ryan to hit a one-hopper back to the mound for an easy putout.

But Haren could not esce the eighth. With two outs, the Mariners rallied again. Gutierrez singled and Dustin Ackley singled, moving Gutierrez to third and chasing Haren.

Scott Downs entered and on a 1-2 pitch, Carp drilled his double against the left-center-field wall. That gave him 25 RBI in August, tying Danny Tartabull for the most for a rookie in any month.

Carp also had a game-winning two-run home run Monday to beat the Angels.

The Angels’ run came in the third. Mike Trout opened with a single to center. Expecting a low-scoring game, Angels manager Mike Scioscia chose to manufacture a run. He had Jeff Mathis sacrifice Trout to second with bunt.

Erick Aybar struck out, giving Hernandez 1,240 career strikeouts. That moved him ahead of Jamie Moyer for second place on the franchise strikeout list. Randy Johnson leads with 2,162.

Howie Kendrick followed with a two-out single through the left side. Trout scored without a throw.

This was a typical Hernandez-Haren matchup. The right-handers had opposed each other three times previously. Coming in, Hernandez was 1-0 with a 0.82 ERA and 26 strikeouts in his three starts. Haren was 1-1 with a 0.83 ERA and 18 strikeouts.

Aybar had a bunt single in the eighth – the team’s major league-leading 34th – to extend his hitting streak to 11 games.

Ichiro Suzuki went hitless in his four at-bats to end his 13-game hitting streak.

Notes: NASCAR driver Kurt Busch threw out the first pitch. … Scioscia said that RH Jerome Williams, who has had two strong starts, “definitely has pitched well enough to continue to start.” He said the club will adjust the rotation over the final months to rest or move up starters. … The Mariners will bring up two and possibly three players Thursday when rosters expand. All three are likely to be pitchers. Mariners manager Eric Wedge said two more players will be promoted when the minor league seasons end. … RHP Ervin Santana (10-9, 3.24 ERA) takes the mound in the final game of the four-game series Thursday. He has worked at least seven innings in his last eight starts, going 6-1. He is 10-5 with a 3.68 ERA in 24 career starts against Seattle. … Seattle will start LHP Charlie Furbush, who is 2-3 with a 6.48 ERA in his six pearances since arriving in a July 30 trade with Detroit. In his first big-league start July 4 when he was with the Tigers, he lost to the Angels, 5-1.

SEATTLE () — Once again, the Seattle Mariners didn’t put a dent in the other team.

The last-place Mariners were swept for the 11th time this season, with starter Jason Vargas giving up a grand slam to Tyler Flowers and a three-run homer to Dayan Viciedo on Sunday in a 9-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox.

“We didn’t play very well today at all,” manager Eric Wedge said. “Today was a bad day of baseball for us. We didn’t go out there and do what we needed to do offensively or on the mound.”

With the AL starting to see the Mariners’ youthful lineup more frequently, Wedge knew it was inevitable that teams would make adjustments on how to proach Seattle’s hitters. Now it’s on the Mariners to adjust as well.

“It’s big league baseball,” Wedge said. “They’re going to attack those holes. Now it’s up to these kids to make the adjustments back.”

Gavin Floyd (12-10) blanked the Mariners on just two hits over the first seven innings. Kyle Seager reached on a strikeout to start the eighth as Floyd’s wild pitch careened to the backstop, and Josh Bard ended the Mariners’ 21-inning scoreless streak with a two-run homer off the foul pole in right field.

But that came way too late after the White Sox roughed up Vargas (7-12).

Viciedo, in his first game since being called up from Triple-A on Saturday to replace injured outfielder Carlos Quentin, singled his first time up and then homered. inning that cleared the fence in right-center field.

Vargas faced Viciedo in two at-bats last season, resulting in a single and a strikeout. Vargas remembered the encounters but didn’t think it had anything to do with the outcome of these at-bats.

“I think I faced him a couple times last year, but you don’t really need a book when you throw it down the middle,” Vargas said.

With two runners on in the sixth inning, Viciedo drew a walk that loaded the bases. Flowers cleared them with his first career grand slam, a shot into the White Sox bullpen in left field.

“I felt really good today,” Vargas said. “Missed that spot in the third inning and he made me pay for it. The grand slam was a cutter in where I wanted it. I didn’t feel like I was in trouble and I was throwing the ball well and was going to be able to get out of that inning. A team like that, built for hitting home runs, can make you pay when you’ve got runners on base.”

Gordon Beckham and Juan Pierre followed with a pair of singles to chase Vargas, and Brent Lillibridge and Konerko each singled off reliever Josh Lueke to drive in a pair and give the White Sox a 9-0 lead.

Singles from Ichiro Suzuki and Franklin Gutierrez forced Floyd from the game. After a single by Dustin Ackley loaded the bases, Will Ohman struck out Casper Wells and got Adam Kennedy to line out.

Bard added an RBI groundout in the ninth.

NOTES: Mariners 1B Justin Smoak is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Monday with Triple-A Tacoma. Smoak broke his nose when a groundball caught him in the face. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list on August 13. … The sweep was the first at Safeco Field for the White Sox and first in Seattle since July 30-August 1, 1993. … Flowers’ slam was the first of the year for Chicago. Konerko had the last grand slam against Boston on Sept. 30, 2010. … Chicago heads home to begin a three-game series with the Minnesota Twins. Mark Buehrle (10-6) will face Kevin Slowey (0-2) in the series opener on Monday. … Seattle will open a four-game set with the Los Angeles Angels on Monday with Blake Beavan (3-4) taking the mound against Joel Pineiro (5-6).