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Seattle Mariners right handed relief pitcher David Aardsma took a big step in his rehabilitation after Tommy John surgery Wednesday, throwing for the first time since the injury according to his twitter account:

This is a big step for Aardsma, but still is early in the process as it usually takes 12-18 months to completely recover from Tommy John surgery. When he does eventually return, he will likely be used as a middle reliever to prove himself before he gets a chance to close again. He will probably need a new team as well, seeing that he opted for free agency back in October.

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Nov 27, 2011 – The Tampa Bay Rays have traded catcher John Jaso to the Seattle Mariners for right handed reliever Josh Lueke. The reliever comes to Tampa from Seattle with a 6.06 ERA and 1-1 record in 25 games last year for the Mariners. Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times first broke the news. Topkin also tweeted a quote from the Rays Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations, Andrew Friedman, who talked about what Lueke can bring to the club in 2012.

Rays Friedman on Lueke: “Josh has the stuff to get hitters out in the AL East and began to show that during 2nd half of last season.”

Lueke does have a criminal incident in his recent past revolving around a report that surfaced when he was traded to Seattle from Texas as part of the Cliff Lee deal. Lueke initially faced charges of re but agreed to plead guilty to a reduced charge of false imprisonment with violence. Topkin also tweeted that Friedman stated the Rays were aware of the incident and had done their due diligence on his background and character.

“We’re satisfied that he is going to be the kind of person and teammate that we look for and we expect him to contribute positively to our group.”

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Nov 27, 2011 – The Tampa Bay Rays have traded catcher John Jaso to the Seattle Mariners for right handed reliever Josh Lueke. The reliever comes to Tampa from Seattle with a 6.06 ERA and 1-1 record in 25 games last year for the Mariners. Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times first broke the news. Topkin also tweeted a quote from the Rays Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations, Andrew Friedman, who talked about what Lueke can bring to the club in 2012.

Rays Friedman on Lueke: “Josh has the stuff to get hitters out in the AL East and began to show that during 2nd half of last season.”

Lueke does have a criminal incident in his recent past revolving around a report that surfaced when he was traded to Seattle from Texas as part of the Cliff Lee deal. Lueke initially faced charges of re but agreed to plead guilty to a reduced charge of false imprisonment with violence. Topkin also tweeted that Friedman stated the Rays were aware of the incident and had done their due diligence on his background and character.

“We’re satisfied that he is going to be the kind of person and teammate that we look for and we expect him to contribute positively to our group.”

For more on the Rays, visit SB Nation’s Rays blog, DRaysBay.

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The Minnesota Twins accomplished something on Tuesday night that they had not accomplished in 13 years, as their 5-4 loss to the Seattle Mariners at Target Field was their tenth consecutive defeat. Prior to now, the last time the Twins had lost ten games in a row was from September 9 to September 19, 1998.

Both teams started the game off with a two-spot in the first inning, as the Mariners scored a pair thanks to an RBI single by shortstop Kyle Seager and a double by left fielder Mike Carp. The Twins answered back in the bottom half of the frame with RBI doubles by Trevor Plouffe and Chris Parmelee to even the score at two. Ben Revere’s RBI single in the bottom of the fourth put Minnesota ahead by a score of 3-2, and Parmelee followed up with another RBI single in the bottom of the fifth to push the lead to 4-2.

The Mariners got it back in the top of the sixth, however, as Twins’ starter Liam Hendriks served up a two-run homer to Seattle shortstop Alex Liddi to tie the score at four runs each. Hendriks was then lifted for Brian Duensing. In the top of the seventh with the bases loaded, Mariners’ first baseman Adam Kennedy executed a sort of swinging bunt that managed to get past a diving Duensing and bring home Seager for a 5-4 Seattle lead.

That would be all of the scoring for the evening, but the Twins had a chance in the bottom of the ninth against Seattle reliever Brandon League. Pinch-hitter Rene Tosoni led off the inning with a single, and Revere followed that with a single of his own to put runners on first and second. Trevor Plouffe then attempted to sacrifice the runners over, but wound up being safe at first on a throwing error by League, loading the bases with nobody out.

However, in typical 2011 Twins fashion, nothing came from it. Michael Cuddyer struck out for the first out, Parmelee grounded one back to League to force Tosoni out at the plate, and Danny Valencia grounded out to third to end the threat and give the victory to the Mariners.

Seattle starter Jason Vargas picked up the victory for the Mariners, moving his record on the year to 9-13. The save for League was his 35th on the season. Duensing took the loss for Minnesota, dropping his mark on the year to 9-14.

The second game of this three-game set will take place on Wednesday night at Target Field, with the first pitch scheduled for 7:10 PM. The Mariners will send right-hander Michael Pineda (9-10, 3.72 ERA) to the hill, and the Twins will turn to right-hander Kevin Slowey (0-6, 6.51 ERA) to try to halt their losing streak.

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Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) – Maicer Izturis sparked a three-run eighth inning with a two-run double, and Jerome Williams tossed eight spectacular innings to help the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim beat the Seattle Mariners, 3-1, in the rubber match of a three-game series. Peter Bourjos added an RBI single in the eighth for the Angels, who moved 2 1/2 games back of the Rangers in the AL West. Texas lost to the Rays on Wednesday.

Williams (3-0) made just one mistake all night — a homer to Trayvon Robinson in the sixth — to pick up his third straight victory. The right-hander struck out five and walked one. Charlie Furbush (3-8) allowed three runs on five hits over a career-high 7 1/3 innings for the Mariners, who have lost six of seven.

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