"Erik Bedard was so efficient Sunday he came up 18 pitches short of his goal, but threw such a clean five innings the Seattle Mariners didn't mind.

"You're never disappointed with efficiency," Bedard said after throwing 62 pitches. "I got a couple of double plays, they hit a few balls hard right at people. I'll take a double play every inning."

With two starts left in camp for him, Bedard is healthy, happy and showing the Mariners what they'd hoped to see, well, each of the past three seasons.

"I was healthy when I got here, then the first season started and I crumbled," Bedard said. "It's like I haven't been right since."

Bedard pitched five innings, allowed one run on a home run, walked one and struck out two. In 102/3 Cactus League innings, he's allowed two runs."