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Seattle Mariners will resume a six-game road trip tonight with the first of three straight games against the
Chicago White Sox at US Cellular Field.
Seattle will attempt to get back in the win column after having its three-game winning streak come to an end with Sunday's 8-0 loss to the Los Angeles Angels in the finale of a three-game series. Jose Lopez had two of the five hits for Seattle, which is 2-1 on the trek and got a rough outing from starter Jarrod Washburn.
Washburn was saddled with the loss after yielding six runs on eight hits with three walks in 5 1/3 innings of work. Roy Corcoran allowed a pair of runs and four hits in relief.
Toeing the rubber for the Mariners on Monday will be rookie Chris Jakubauskas, who is 1-2 with a 7.11 ERA in four games (two starts) this season. Jakubauskas has dropped back-to-back outings and is coming off an April 22 loss versus Tampa Bay, as he was rocked for six runs and 10 hits over 3 1/3 innings.
The righty will face the White Sox for the first time in his career tonight.
Chicago has lost three of its last four games and fell to 1-2 on a six-game homestand. In Sunday's 4-3 loss to Toronto on Sunday in the finale of a three- game series, Paul Konerko knocked in two runs and Josh Fields drove in the other run in defeat.
Chicago starter Jose Contreras did not figure into the decision after giving up three runs on eight hits over seven innings. Scott Linebrink was saddled with the loss after giving up a run in the eighth.
Unbeaten starter John Danks will handle pitching duties for the Pale Hose on Monday and he is 2-0 with a 0.95 ERA in three outings this season. He has won consecutive starts and is coming off a strong performance at Baltimore on April 22, when he tossed seven innings of one-run ball in an 8-2 victory.
The southpaw, however, is still searching for his career win against Seattle, as he is 0-3 with a 7.31 earned run average in three appearances.
The White Sox went 5-1 against the Mariners a year ago, with a 3-0 mark in the Windy City. Seattle was 7-1 against Chicago in the 2007 series.
