Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Seattle 7, Detroit 2
When: 1:05 PM ET, Thursday, April 28, 2011
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 49°
Umpires: Home - Jim Joyce, 1B - Ron Kulpa, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Derryl Cousins
Attendance: 21176

Michael Pineda continued his impressive rookie campaign with six solid, as the visiting Seattle Mariners completed a three-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers with a 7-2 victory on Thursday afternoon.

Miguel Olivo added a solo homer for the Mariners and went 7-for-13 with six runs scored and three RBIs in the series, raising his average from .164 to .230 in the three games.

Pineda (4-1) won his fourth straight start, allowing two runs on four hits while striking out nine. The 22-year old righthander has allowed a total of four earned runs over his last four outings.

Justin Smoak, who had been absent from the team for eight days following the death of his father, has returned on fire, driving in eight runs in the series. He plated the tie-breaking run in the fourth on Thursday when his double off Brad Penny (1-3) chased in Olivo.

Detroit continues to operate with holes at the top of the lineup, as Austin Jackson and Magglio Ordonez combined to go 0-for-9 with five strikeouts from the No. 1 and No. 3 spots on Thursday, dropping their averages to .167 and .172, respectively.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Seattle   Detroit
Michael Pineda Player Brad Penny
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 7.0
9 Strikeouts 3
4 Hits 9
3.00 ERA 5.14
Hitting
Seattle   Detroit
Micheal Saunders Player Brennan Boesch
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 3
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Seattle 12 2 20 .324 15 4 7 3 1 1
Detroit 5 0 7 .152 12 11 2 4 0 0