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Already battling the Tigers, Astros, Orioles and Blue Jays for a wild-card slot in the American League playoffs, the Mariners now face another potentially daunting opponent as they head into the second game of their current six-game road swing -- distraction. Seattle faces the Twins on Saturday evening in Minnesota having won big in the series opener on Friday by a 10-1 score. The Mariners will send lefty Ariel Miranda (5-1) out to face Minnesota right-hander Tyler Duffy (8-11). Continue to Article

September 24, 2016 1:15:am EST

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Seattle Mariners have named Justin Hollander as director of baseball operations. Continue to Article

September 23, 2016 8:47:pm EST

Reserve catcher Steve Clevenger was suspended for the rest of the season without pay Friday by the Seattle Mariners in the wake of his tweets regarding a recent police shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the Black Lives Matter movement. ''As soon as we became aware of the tweets posted by Steve yesterday we began to examine all of our options in regard to his standing on the team,'' General manager Jerry Dipoto said in a statement. Dipoto said Clevenger was informed of the suspension on Friday. Continue to Article

September 23, 2016 5:21:pm EST

Baseball's Seattle Mariners suspended Steve Clevenger for the rest of the season on Friday, as the backup catcher apologized for tweeting that protesters in Charlotte, North Carolina, should be "locked behind bars like animals". "As soon as we became aware of the tweets posted by Steve yesterday we began to examine all of our options in regard to his standing on the team," Mariners executive vice president and general manager of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto said Friday. The Major League Baseball team had already said it was "very disappointed" in the tweets posted on Clevenger's account. Continue to Article

September 23, 2016 3:00:pm EST

Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners suspended catcher Steve Clevenger on Friday for posting inflammatory comments about civil unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina, that called for protesters to be "locked behind bars like animals." Back-up Clevenger, who has since apologized for posting the remarks on Thursday, was suspended for the last 10 games of the season without pay, the American League club said on Friday. Two nights of street violence sprung from protests in Charlotte over the death of Keith Scott, 43, who was shot dead by a black police officer in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Charlotte on Tuesday. "Black people beating whites when a thug got shot holding a gun by a black police officer," Clevenger tweeted on Thursday. Continue to Article

September 23, 2016 1:49:pm EST

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