The Tampa Bay Rays will not get the chance for a second straight championship season. Jose Lopez hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Rays 4-3 Tuesday night, eliminating the defending AL champions from the postseason. "It's not the way we wanted this year to end," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. "But, I like the way we're hanging together. I think we learned a lot this year in regard to it's not easy to repeat.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Tue 4/21	Sea	TB 2 at SEA 4	W: Washburn L: Sonnanstine
Wed 4/22	Sea	TB 9 at SEA 3	W: Niemann L: Jakubauskas
Thu 4/23	Sea	TB 0 at SEA 1	W: Hernandez L: Shields
Fri 8/7	Sea	TB 6 at SEA 7	W: Kelley L: Howell
Sat 8/8	Sea	TB 10 at SEA 4	W: Shields L: Jakubauskas
Sun 8/9	Sea	TB 2 at SEA 11	W: Rowland-Smith L: Kazmir
Tue 9/22	TB	SEA 4 at TB 3	W: Batista L: Wheeler
Wed 9/23	TB	SEA 4 at TB 5	W: Springer L: Lowe

Box Scores

Mariners (79 - 72) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Rays (77 - 74) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. I Suzuki, RF 4 1 1 2 0 2. F Gutierrez, CF 4 1 2 0 0 3. J Lopez, 2B 4 1 1 1 0 4. K Griffey Jr., DH 2 0 0 0 2 5. A Beltre, 3B 3 0 1 1 1 6. B Hall, LF 3 0 0 0 1 7. K Johjima, C 4 0 0 0 0 8. M Carp, 1B 2 1 0 0 1 8. J Hannahan, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 9. J Wilson, SS 3 0 0 0 1 Totals 29 4 5 4 6		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. J Bartlett, SS 4 0 1 1 0 2. G Kapler, RF 3 0 0 0 0 2. G Gross, PH-RF 2 0 0 0 0 3. E Longoria, 3B 5 0 1 0 0 4. B Zobrist, 2B 2 0 0 0 2 5. P Burrell, DH 3 1 0 0 1 6. W Aybar, 1B 4 2 2 0 0 7. D Navarro, C 1 0 0 0 1 7. G Zaun, PH-C 1 0 0 0 0 8. B Upton, CF 4 0 2 2 0 9. F Perez, LF 2 0 1 0 0 9. C Crawford, PH-LF 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 32 3 7 3 5
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* R Rowland-Smith 5.0 6 3 3 4 1 3.70 S Kelley (BS, 4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 4.64 M Batista (W, 7-4) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 4.28 M Lowe (S, 3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 2.82		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* J Niemann 6.2 4 3 3 4 5 3.81 R Choate 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3.73 D Wheeler (L, 4-5) 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 3.44 J Howell 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 2.84
* = Season Stat
BATTING HR: I Suzuki (11), J Lopez (25) BASERUNNING SB: F Gutierrez (15)		BATTING 2B: W Aybar 2 (10)

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Player News

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)

Rays Carl Crawford (TB) News: According to the St. Petersburg Times, the Rays are interested in signing outfielder Carl Crawford to a long-term contract extension.  (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Carlos Pena (TB) News: The Rays reinstated Pena from the 60-day disabled list on Thursday.  (STATS - Thu. Nov 19, 2009) Brian Shouse (TB) News: Brian Shouse filed for free agency on Tuesday, according to the Sports Network.   (Fanball - Tue. Nov 17, 2009)