--RHP Felix Hernandez was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 24, because of a sprained left ankle. Hernandez played catch Monday afternoon and experienced discomfort in his plant foot. The team called up LHP Cesar Jimenez from Class AAA Tacoma.
--LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith will make his first major league start in place of RHP Felix Hernandez for Tuesday night's game against the Blue Jays. Rowland-Smith is 2-1 with a 2.66 ERA in 32 relief appearances. His longest was a 3 1/3-inning stint against the Nationals on June 13. --RHP Mark Lowe pitched a career-high 2 2/3 innings of relief Monday. It was the ninth time this season he has pitched at least two innings.
--SS Willie Bloomquist has hit safely in his past five home games, batting .467 in that span. Bloomquist started Monday in place of regular SS Yuniesky Betancourt, who had a tooth pulled. Manager Jim Riggleman said Betancourt should be available for Tuesday night's game.
--RF Ichiro Suzuki is the first player since Stan Musial to have seven five-hit games in fewer than 1,200 games. Suzuki had five hits Sunday at San Diego in his 1,199th career major league game. Musial needed 906 games to get five hits seven times between 1941 and 1948.
BY THE NUMBERS: 9 -- Victories -- and losses -- in interleague play this year by the Mariners. They also were 9-9 in interleague games last year.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "It was an easy choice for me to become a pitcher. I couldn't hit." -- RHP Sean Green, who had his first major league at-bat Sunday.
