Vintage Felix delivers at perfect time

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SEATTLE — When Felix Hernandez stepped into the dugout after the sixth inning on Wednesday night, he had just gotten out of an inning in which he walked two Tigers: Miguel Cabrera in a 13-pitch at-bat and Victor Martinez in a seven-pitch at-bat.

His pitch count was rising, but he wasn’t done yet. Manager Scott Servais asked him how he felt.

“I said, ‘I’m going to go back out there,’ and I felt fine,” Hernandez said.

Hernandez went seven innings and only allowed one run on three hits in the Mariners’ 3-1 victory to complete the sweep and extend their winning streak to six games. It took Hernandez four starts, but on Wednesday he looked like …

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