Suppan back on mound for Cardinals' clash with Mariners

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06/15/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jeff Suppan makes his return to the St. Louis Cardinals this evening, when they continue their three-game interleague series against the Seattle Mariners at Busch Stadium.

Suppan, who was released by Milwaukee last Monday, posted consecutive 16-win seasons in 2004 and 2005 with St. Louis to help the team advance to consecutive League Championship Series. The next season he went 12-7 and helped the Cardinals win the World Series, when they beat Detroit in five games. He was named MVP of the 2006 National League Championship Series against the New York Mets.

After that season, the 35-year-old signed with Milwaukee and struggled there, as he went 29-36 with a 5.08 earned run average in 110 games (97 starts). He was particularly ineffective this season, going 0-2 with a 7.84 ERA in 15 games (two starts) prior to being released.

Suppan is 2-4 lifetime versus the Mariners with a 7.00 ERA in 16 games, 15 of which have been starts.

The Cardinals drew first blood in this set on Monday, as Ryan Ludwick hit a three-run homer and knocked in four runs and Colby Rasmus added a two-run shot to lift St. Louis to a 9-3 win.

Albert Pujols had a big game for the Cardinals, who won for just the second time in their last eight games, with the star first baseman collecting three hits, two walks, an RBI and two runs scored.

St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright (9-4) tossed seven-plus innings and improved to 6-0 at home this season. The right-hander yielded six hits, three runs, walked a batter and fanned six in his first career game against the Mariners.

Ichiro Suzuki went 2-for-4 with a solo homer while Chone Figgins contributed a pair of hits, an RBI and scored a run for Seattle, which has dropped nine of its last 11.

Luke French (0-1), who was making his first start of the season after replacing an ineffective Ian Snell in the Mariners' rotation, was touched for four runs on six hits and a pair of walks over four innings.

Suzuki has now hit safely in 59 of his 63 career interleague games and is a career .342 (245-for-717) hitter against the NL.

The Mariners are hoping for a better effort tonight from Ryan Rowland-Smith, who is 0-5 with a 6.62 ERA this season. Rowland-Smith lost on Thursday in Texas, as the Rangers ripped him for eight runs (four earned) and 11 hits in 5 2/3 innings. This will be his first-ever appearance against the Cardinals.

St. Louis swept a three-game set from the Mariners the last time these teams squared off back in 2004.

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