BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : Japanese Pitcher Gets Hit Hard

J.R. Phillips and Mel Hall homered in a four-run sixth inning against Makato Suzuki as the San Francisco Giants beat the Seattle Mariners, 6-3.

Suzuki, 20, disappointed a large contingent of media from his native Japan by failing to hold a 2-1 lead and not retiring a batter in the sixth. He gave up four runs and three hits and walked three.

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