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Hernandez tosses gem as M's bats go silent

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September 5

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"One of baseball's hitter-friendliest ballparks, with a warm and a steady wind swirling. A reliever making a fill-in start for the opposition, sporting a 7.53 ERA. An offense with a .291 batting average since the All-Star break. You'd think it would have added up to a pile of runs for the Mariners. Instead, it added up to zero. The Mariners were victims of a surprising 1-0 shutout Wednesday at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, wasting a superb outing by Felix Hernandez in his 100th career start. It was just the third 1-0 victory for Texas in the past 18 years, and the first 1-0 game played in Arlington in more than four years. The Mariners hadn't lost a 1-0 game to the Rangers since 1989. The ..."

M's Felix Hernandez gives up 1, loses 1-0

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September 4

Seattle Times

"Felix Hernandez walked at a snail's pace toward the dugout upon being relieved by Jake Woods in the eighth inning Wednesday. He took one glance to the bullpen in left field before he headed down the dugout steps, where he was greeted by hand pounds and a few pats on the back. Hernandez, who had just finished his 100th career major-league start by allowing one earned run in 7-1/3 innings, would have much preferred some offensive production. Milton Bradley's sacrifice fly in the first inning was the only run in Texas' 1-0 victory in front of 12,882 at Rangers Ballpark. Two offenses that combined for 55 hits and 28 runs in the first two games of the series produced 16 hits and one run in a ..."

Felix Hernandez gets overdue reward in M's win over A's

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August 25

Seattle Times

"Three long innings were staring Felix Hernandez in the face as he waited to see whether his latest "quality start" would be for nought. Playing for the Mariners has not been kind to starters who throw at least six innings while giving up three or fewer earned runs. Jarrod Washburn and Ryan Rowland-Smith were reminded of that this weekend by the visiting Oakland Athletics. And Hernandez entered Sunday's game seeking his first win since July 18 despite a bunch of quality starts. Hernandez had to sweat a bit, but he emerged with an 8-4 victory. It took some bumbling by A's fielders and unlikely heroics by Miguel Cairo, but Hernandez's six innings of three-run ball finally stood up. "It's been ..."

Losing ways betray Felix's calm exterior

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August 20

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"By the numbers, Felix Hernandez has been a rare bright spot in a dismal Mariners season. He has won almost as many games as he's lost (7-8) -- not bad pitching for a team 33 games under .500. His ERA, 3.23 after giving up five runs in five innings in a 5-0 loss to the White Sox on Tuesday, ranks in the top 10 in the American League. But after the latest loss, it was evident by the look in Hernandez's eyes that the losing has hit him as hard as anyone. He could easily pick up a bat and demolish a door or a water cooler as other pitchers have done over the years, but that's not in him. "I have to stay calm," Hernandez said. "That's the only way to do it." The calm demeanor is on the outside. ..."

Frustration weighs on Mariners' pitcher Hernandez

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July 30

Tacoma News Tribune

"Closing in on August, the Seattle Mariners don't have an eight-game winner on their pitching staff, a fact that makes their youngest starting pitcher - Felix Hernandez - bite his lip. At 22, Hernandez began the year with big goals that began with pitching and winning a lot of games for a contending team. Injuries have cost him games, and the Mariners haven't been at .500 since they were 11-11. As for Hernandez, his numbers are solid, though his record (7-6) is far from spectacular. His earned run average (3.02) is the best in the rotation, and he leads the team in innings pitched (131) and strikeouts (121). Then there are seven no-decisions. If you think he's pitched well enough to win ..."

Hernandez goes on the Mariners DL

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July 1

Tacoma News Tribune

"Felix Hernandez was placed on the 15-day disabled list after the game Monday, a move that means the earliest he could start would be July 9 in Oakland. To take his spot on the roster, the Mariners called up left-handed reliever Cesar Jimenez from Tacoma. Jimenez will join the team tonight and almost certainly work out of the bullpen. Hernandez hasn't pitched since suffering a sprained left ankle in a home-plate collision with the New York Mets' Carlos Beltran on June 23. Now, he won't make more than one more start before the All-Star break begins July 14."

Bedard likely to start Sunday for Hernandez

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June 26

Seattle Times

"Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez is increasingly unlikely to make his scheduled start on Sunday against the Padres, with Erik Bedard now penciled in to pitch the game. Bedard hasn't pitched since coming out of last Friday's game in Atlanta after three innings with a back spasm. Bedard hadn't even been able to throw, other than playing catch on flat ground, until Wednesday, when he had a bullpen session that pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre termed "very good." Stottlemyre said that as long as Bedard comes through last night's cross-country flight to San Diego and another bullpen session on Friday without any setbacks, he's their pick to face Jake Peavy on Sunday."

Felix Hernandez pushing to pitch, M's not so sure

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June 25

Seattle Times

"Felix Hernandez was walking around in a plastic boot on Tuesday, but that was a precautionary measure to reduce the swelling and limit the stress on his sprained left ankle. "He's very sore. I saw him walk in kind of hobbling," said Mariners pitching coaching Mel Stottlemyre. "I said, 'Oh oh.' " Hernandez is still vowing to make his next scheduled start Sunday against the Padres. Though the doctor who examined him Monday night said the sprain was mild, the Mariners plan to be cautious."

Hernandez's grand slam high hits sudden low

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June 24

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"It is becoming increasingly evident that nothing will come easy to the Mariners this season. One of the highest moments of the season was offset by one of the bleakest Monday night. Starting pitcher Felix Hernandez did what no Mariners hitter had done this year, and what no Seattle pitcher had ever done. He hit a grand slam in the second inning off two-time Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana of the Mets. Three innings later, Hernandez was sprawled in the dirt after being clipped in a home plate collision with New York center fielder Carlos Beltran."

Grand slam by Felix Hernandez is one for the books

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June 24

Seattle Times

"Before Felix Hernandez's night turned painful, he provided one of the great Mariners highlights of the season. Granted, that's faint praise, but his second-inning grand slam, off Johan Santana, no less, was one for the books. It was the first homer of any kind by a Mariners pitcher, and the first grand slam by an American League pitcher since Cleveland's Steve Dunning vs. Oakland on May 11, 1971."

Felix Hernandez leaves with sprained ankle

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June 24

Seattle Times

"Felix Hernandez came out of the Mariners' game against the Mets in the fifth inning with a sprained left ankle. Hernandez was injured when Carlos Beltran slid into him at the plate. Hernandez was covering the plate after a wild pitch. The Mariners led 5-1 at the time, on the strength of a grand slam by Hernandez in the second inning."

Felix helps Mariners end four-game skid

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June 18

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"In explaining Felix Hernandez, Mariners left fielder Raul Ibanez said it's a matter of desire. "You just have a tough time prying the ball out of his hand," Ibanez said in the wake of Hernandez's fourth consecutive win, a 5-4 victory over the Florida Marlins on Tuesday. "Felix wants the ball," Ibanez said. "He doesn't ever want to come out of there. He's a gamer, and as a teammate you love that.""

Hitters wary of righty Mariners' Hernandez

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June 17

Miami Herald

"Felix Hernandez is unknown to all but a few Marlins, at least in the sense of having faced the Seattle pitcher. But those who have rave about the 22-year-old Venezuelan. ''I just remember that he was almost unhittable,'' said Marlins third baseman Jorge Cantu, who faced Hernandez in 2006 when he was still with the Tampa Bay Rays. ``He was pretty filthy.''"

Felix Hernandez gets strikeouts when he needed them

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June 13

Seattle Times

"Strikeouts have always been a big part of the Felix Hernandez repertoire. But Wednesday afternoon, it was the timing of the strikeouts that helped Hernandez. He relied on quick ground-ball outs in a 2-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays to get him through some early innings and conserve energy for when he needed it most."

Mariners Felix Hernandez provides quiet for Red Sox

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June 7

Boston Herald

"Twenty-four hours of chaos and Felix Hernandez do not make a good concoction. Just ask the Red Sox. With the lingering effects of Thursday night - bench-clearing and dugout brawls included - along with a collection of ailments that took Manny Ramirez, Jacoby Ellsbury and David Ortiz out of the Sox lineup, Hernandez applied a heavy dose of insult to injury last night. The ultra-talented 22-year-old pitcher built upon his growing legend, at least at Fenway Park, holding the Red Sox to no runs on six hits in six innings on the way to an 8-0 Mariners victory."

Hernandez gives up four runs in eighth to ruin quality start

May 27

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"For seven innings, Felix Hernandez could do no wrong. Then for one inning, he couldn't seem to do anything right. Given the Mariners' state of affairs, it was no surprise that the one bad inning made the difference Monday night as the Boston Red Sox extended Seattle's losing streak to seven games with a 5-3 victory at Safeco Field."

Hernandez scratched because of leg soreness

May 24

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"A day after he talked about making some changes to shake up the Mariners' sagging fortunes, manager John McLaren shuffled his starting rotation. Felix Hernandez, who was supposed to pitch Saturday against the Yankees, was pushed back to Monday and will start against the Red Sox on Memorial Day at Safeco Field. Carlos Silva was moved up from Sunday to Saturday. Jarrod Washburn will get the Sunday start."