"All major league teams like to talk about depth in their system, and the Seattle Mariners are testing theirs behind the plate - where they have now gone five deep.

Miguel Olivo had a magnetic resonance imaging test on his left thigh and was unavailable to play Wednesday, and backup Chris Gimenez was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a badly strained left oblique.

"I don't know how he played the last four innings (Tuesday)," manager Eric Wedge of Gimenez, "but he's going to miss significant time."

The Mariners called up both of Tacoma's catchers, Josh Bard and Jose Yepez, and while Gimenez cleared one spot for them, Seattle added lefty Erik Bedard to the 15-day DL to make room for the other.

"Erik was going to deal with a strained knee, regardless," Wedge said, though no one mentioned Bedard's injury after his Monday start."