Griffey, Suzuki, Mariners roll 11-3 over Angels
Gregg Bell | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 15 years, 10 months AGO
SEATTLE - Now Ken Griffey Jr. truly is back. And so is Ichiro Suzuki.
Griffey hit career home run No. 613 and his 400th as a Mariner on Wednesday night in his second home game of his return season in Seattle, the surprising Mariners' 11-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Suzuki had two hits in his season debut following his first career stint on the disabled list, including his first grand slam in six years during a seven-run seventh inning, to tie Isao Harimoto's Japanese record with hit No. 3,085.
Griffey's fifth-inning homer off starter Jered Weaver, his first as a Mariner in Seattle in 10 years, broke a 2-2 tie. Then Suzuki, who was out due to a bleeding ulcer, golfed a full-count pitch from Jason Bulger into the right-field bleachers.
A service of the Associated Press(AP)
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