Texas Rangers

The last Andruw Jones extra-base hit came....

Aug. 13 at Cleveland. That streak ended with his eighth-inning double Friday. At the time of his last big hit, the Rangers were 4 1/2 games behind the Los Angeles Angels. Let's refer to them as the good old days.

- Anthony

A tribute to Hank Blalock?

This is fan appreciation weekend for Seattle, and the word THANKS was written in the infield dirt behind second base. But thanks to some handy footwork by Omar Vizquel and Ian Kinsler, the T and the S have been erased, leaving HANK in the dirt. Blalock, of course, may have played his last game for the Rangers.

- Anthony Andro

More on Julio Borbon

He's going to start all three games of this series in center. Saturday's start will be against left-hander Ryan Rowland-Smith. It will be Borbon's first start against a lefty in the majors.

- Anthony Andro

Tonight's lineups

Rangers

1. Julio Borbon, CF

2. Michael Young, 3B

3. David Murphy, LF

4. Marlon Byrd, RF

5. Ian Kinsler, 2B

6. Chris Davis, DH

7. Andruw Jones, 1B

8. Taylor Teagarden, C

9. Omar Vizquel, SS

Mariners

1. Ichiro Suzuki, RF

2. Franklin Gutierrez, CF

3. Jose Lopez, 2B

4. Ken Griffey Jr., DH

5. Adrian Beltre, 3B

6. Mike Carp, 1B

7. Adam Moore, C

8. Michael Saunders, LF

9. Josh Wilson, SS

- Anthony Andro

From the clubhouse in Seattle ...

Anthony Andro sends word from the visitor's clubhouse at Safeco Field that Julio Borbon will be making his first career start in center field tonight against the Mariners. Marlon Byrd is back in the lineup in right field, but Hank Blalock is not returning after taking a Derek Holland knee to the head a few nights ago. Mr. Andro will post the rest of the lineup later.

-- Jeff Wilson

Remember March?

Ron Washington's lineup today looks like something from a spring training game back in March.

Hank Blalock, Marlon Byrd, Nelson Cruz, Josh Hamilton and Jarrod Saltalamacchia are all out with injuries, of course, so today's lineup against the Angels includes four rookies, a veteran playing out the string and a 42-year-old utility infielder. Michael Young is getting a day off because it's a day game after a night game and Washington doesn't want to push his hamstring.

Here you go:

Julio Borbon, LF

Elvis Andrus, SS

David Murphy, RF

Andruw Jones, 1B

Ian Kinsler, 2B

Chris Davis, DH

Taylor Teagarden, C

Craig Gentry, CF

Kevin Millwood, SP

   _ JIM REEVES