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- Updated: July 30, 2016
CHICAGO — With Felix Hernandez and Taijuan Walker dealing with injuries for much of the past two months, Hisashi Iwakuma emerged as Mr. Dependable for the Mariners and had easily been the club’s most consistent starter — until running into the Cubs on Friday at Wrigley Field.
Hampered by some tightness in his throwing shoulder, the right-hander lasted a season-low three innings in Seattle’s 12-1 loss. After waiting nine years to return to Wrigley for just the second time in franchise history, the Mariners never got anything going on a muggy midsummer afternoon as they fell to 51-50. The lopsided loss was interrupted by a 1-hour, 14-minute rain delay.
Iwakuma allowed eight hits and five runs with one walk and two strikeouts before manager Scott Servais pulled the plug after 60 pitches, well before the rain arrived. The loss leaves Iwakuma at 11-7 with a 4.21 ERA on the season.
“Kuma wasn’t on,” Servais said. “He had a little tightness going on, and it was tough to get loose. Then he got loose and wasn’t sharp. He missed in the middle of the plate a lot, obviously, against a good offensive club, and it was a …
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