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Beavan allowed three hits, walked two and struck out four...Latos gave up four hits, walked three and fanned five...Mariners pitchers recorded 56 strikeouts in 54 innings vs. the Padres this season...League is a first-time All-Star. Seattle ace Felix Hernandez was also named an AL All-Star when the rosters were announced Sunday...Closer Heath Bell is the Padres' representative on the NL team...San Diego's loss is just the third in its last 11 games...Seattle finished its nine-game homestand with a 4-5 mark.

 

Ian Kennedy (8-3) allowed seven runs on 10 hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings in the D-Backs' sixth defeat in their last eight contests.

 

Jeff Francoeur added three hits and three RBI for the Royals, who snapped their five-game losing streak.

 

Carlos Gonzalez went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and a career-high six RBI while Mark Ellis added a two-run home run for the Rockies, who have lost three of their past five and six of their past nine.

 

Detroit chose to promote from within, naming former bullpen coach Jeff Jones as Knapp's replacement.

 

Mike Rojas will fill Jones' vacated position. He has served as Detroit's director of player development since August 6, 2010.

 

Flushing, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Mets announced that shortstop Jose Reyes is day-to-day with a mild hamstring strain. Reyes left Saturday's 5-2 setback to the New York Yankees with tightness in his left hamstring. An MRI taken earlier Sunday in Manhattan revealed a Grade 1 strain, which is the mildest kind.

 

Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Dodgers reinstated shortstop Rafael Furcal from the disabled list Sunday, while third baseman Casey Blake landed on the DL with a cervical strain. Furcal has missed the last month because of a strained left oblique, but started Sunday's game against the Angels, batting second. He was hitting .212 prior to the injury.

 

Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Russell Branyan homered to punctuate a three- run seventh inning, as the Angels came back to beat the Dodgers, 3-1, in the finale of their three-game series. Branyan's two-run blast was his first since the Angels signed him on May 26, five days after he was released by Arizona.

 

It also made Ervin Santana (4-8) a winner for the first time in more than a month. His last victory came on May 25, and the right-hander had dropped his last four decisions, primarily because of lack of run support -- Santana didn't give up more than four runs in any of those losses.

 

Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Logan Morrison hit key a two-run double during a decisive eighth inning, as the Florida Marlins rallied past the Texas Rangers, 6-4, in the rubber match of a three-game series. Emilio Bonifacio went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored for the Marlins, who went 5-4 on a nine-game road trip. Mike Stanton and Gaby Sanchez each knocked in a run.

 

Texas starter C.J. Wilson gave up two runs -- one earned -- on five hits over 7 1/3 innings. Mark Lowe (2-2) allowed two unearned runs in the eighth to take the loss.

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Marlins could start season without No. 2 starter Johnson

JUPITER, Fla. -- The Foorida Marlins are preparing for the likelihood that right-hander
Josh Johnson won't be ready when the season starts April 2.

Grapefruit League action starts Wednesday, but Johnson, penciled in as the No. 2 starter, hasn't even thrown off a mound at full speed since September. He's experienced some soreness in his right forearm.

MySportsbook.com have the Marlins listed with baseball betting lines at +800 to win the NL East this season .

''You guys know the math. If he's not on the hill then he becomes an opening day roster issue,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said Saturday. ''We're borderline now.''

Johnson, who finished 12-7 with a 3.10 ERA in 2007, was supposed to throw on flat ground Saturday. That was canceled when he woke up with pain.

He played catch on Wednesday with no pain but felt discomfort in a throwing session on Thursday. He's expected to try again Sunday.

''Like we always said from the very beginning, we're going to take it easy on him,'' Gonzalez said. ''He didn't feel right, so we shut him down. We're going to take it back to step one and see where we're at.''

Among the candidates to take Johnson's spot in the rotation are left-hander Chris George and right-handers Yusmeiro Petit and Jose Garcia.

Right-hander Sergio Mitre, who missed most of last season with arm and shoulder problems, also is behind.

With Johnson's status doubtful, Gonzalez said right-hander Ricky Nolasco will stay in the rotation and no longer will be considered a candidate for closer.

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