Seattle Gets Defensive and Sweeps
Ken Griffey Jr., stuck on 41 homers, proved once again that there’s far more to his game than power.
Griffey made a spectacular catch in center field to rob Detroit’s Luis Gonzalez of a two-run homer as the Seattle Mariners completed their first-ever four-game sweep of the Tigers with a 6-3 victory Sunday.
With the Mariners leading, 1-0, and one on in the third, Griffey raced to the wall in right-center, leaped and hauled in Gonzalez’s drive.
“That’s as good a catch as I’ve seen him make,” Mariner Manager Lou Piniella said. “It had to be perfectly timed and he snatched it a couple of rows out.”
Griffey failed to homer for the ninth consecutive game, going one for five with three strikeouts. He hasn’t homered in 42 at-bats.
Alex Rodriguez hit a tie-breaking, three-run homer in the seventh for the Mariners. He was two for three on Sunday and nine for 16 for the series
NEXT SERIES FOR ANGELS
WHO: Detroit Tigers
WHERE: at Detroit
WHEN: Tonight, 4 p.m.; Tuesday, 4 p.m.; Wednesday, 4 p.m
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