Monday, May 28, 2001 (W: SEA 13 - KC 3 37-12)

If you had Paul Abbott in the "First Mariner Pitcher to Throw a Complete Game in 2001" Pool, you're a winner.

Paul Abbott pitched the first complete game of his career today, and the first of the M's season, as the Mariners won 13-3, to reach 25 games over .500 for the first time in their history. The Memorial Day Monday game completed the 4-game sweep of the Royals.

Ichiro robbed Mike Sweeney of a HR with a leaping catch in the bottom of the fourth. The next batter, Jermaine Dye, went the other way, with a HR over the wall in left. Later, Sweeney got his revenge, as he smashed a ball over Mike Cameron's head, out of the park in center. The Royals' final run was scored during a shaky ninth by Abbott. However, the veteran pitcher worked out of the jam, and completed the game in an economical 119 pitches.

The M's will be home tomorrow night, for the first game of a season-long twelve-game homestand. Cal Ripken and the Baltimore Orioles will start rookie Willis Roberts against Freddy Garcia.