Ian Snell overcame a scary moment to show the Mariners he has the toughness to be in their rotation next season. The Seattle right-hander was hit so hard on the wrist by a fifth-inning line drive that he thought it was broken. But he shook it off and stayed in the game long enough to help the Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals 8-4 Saturday night. "I thought it was broke cause I couldn't feel nothing," Snell said. "I just went to the ground and started praying to myself, like 'God, don't let it be broken.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Wed 5/6	KC	SEA 1 at KC 9	W: Ponson L: Silva
Thu 5/7	KC	SEA 1 at KC 3	W: Bannister L: Washburn
Tue 8/4	KC	SEA 7 at KC 6	W: Kelley L: Wright
Wed 8/5	KC	SEA 11 at KC 6	W: French L: Davies
Thu 8/6	KC	SEA 2 at KC 8	W: Chen L: Vargas
Thu 8/27	Sea	KC 8 at SEA 4	W: Davies L: Fister
Fri 8/28	Sea	KC 3 at SEA 6	W: Hernandez L: Bannister
Sat 8/29	Sea	KC 4 at SEA 8	W: Snell L: Meche
Sun 8/30	Sea	KC 3 at SEA 0	W: Greinke L: Rowland-Smith

Box Scores

Royals (49 - 80) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Mariners (68 - 62) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. D DeJesus, LF 5 0 0 0 0 2. W Bloomquist, RF 4 0 1 0 0 3. B Butler, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 4. M Jacobs, DH 4 0 0 0 0 5. A Callaspo, 2B 3 0 1 0 1 6. M Teahen, 3B 4 1 2 1 0 7. M Maier, CF 3 2 2 1 1 8. J Buck, C 4 1 2 2 0 9. Y Betancourt, SS 3 0 0 0 1 Totals 34 4 9 4 3		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. F Gutierrez, CF 4 1 1 0 0 2. J Wilson, 3B 4 1 1 0 0 3. J Lopez, 2B 4 1 1 1 0 4. M Sweeney, DH 4 1 2 2 0 5. B Hall, RF 4 0 0 0 0 6. J Hannahan, 1B 4 2 2 2 0 7. J Wilson, SS 4 0 1 1 0 8. R Langerhans, LF 3 1 1 0 0 9. R Johnson, C 3 1 1 2 0 Totals 34 8 10 8 0
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* G Meche (L, 6-10) 4.0 8 7 7 0 1 5.09 R Tejeda 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 4.24 Y Yabuta 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 R Colon 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 6.21		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* I Snell (W, 3-1) 5.0 3 2 2 2 2 5.10 M Batista 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 3.96 R Messenger 2.0 4 2 2 0 0 7.71
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: J Buck (8) HR: M Teahen (11), M Maier (3), J Buck (6)		BATTING 2B: M Sweeney (14), J Hannahan (12), J Wilson (5) HR: J Lopez (20), J Hannahan (4), R Johnson (2)

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Player News

Royals Vance Wilson (KC) News: Wilson has signed a minor league deal with the Royals.  (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009) Jose Guillen (KC) News: According to the New York Daily News, Jose Guillen may be on the Mets wish list if they can't nail down one of the top-tier free agents.  (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Jorge Campillo (KC) News: Jorge Campillo has signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals, according to MLB.com.  (Fanball - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)

Mariners Erik Bedard (SEA) News: According to the Baltimore Sun, the Orioles are interested in bringing back oft-injured starter Erik Bedard, assuming he is healthy.  (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Anthony Varvaro (SEA) News: Varvaro was added to the 40-man roster on Friday.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Ezequiel Carrera (SEA) News: Carrera was added to the 40-man roster on Friday.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)