The Seattle Mariners selected Cruz in the first round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft. After graduation from Bellaire, Cruz enrolled at Rice University and played baseball for the Owls, starting for three seasons prior to being selected in the first round of the 1995 draft. He attended high school in Bellaire, Texas, when his father was a member of the Houston Astros. His father José Cruz was a baseball player and coach, and the family lived in Texas. In 2021, he returned to his alma mater, Rice.Ĭruz was born in Arroyo, Puerto Rico. He played college baseball at Rice University from 1992 to 1995 and played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 12 seasons from 1997 to 2008. (born April 19, 1974), is a Puerto Rican baseball coach and former outfielder, who is the current head baseball coach for the Rice Owls. Mariners: RHP George Kirby (5-5, 3.50) looks to rebound after getting battered for 11 hits and five runs in 3 2/3 innings in his last start against San Diego.José Luis Cruz Jr. Marlins: RHP Edward Cabrera (5-4, 4.29) won his second straight start in his last outing, allowing one run and two hits in five innings against Kansas City. Seattle selected Adcock from Double-A Arkansas to take Murfee’s spot and transferred LHP Robbie Ray to the 60-day IL. Murfee had missed 29 games in May and early June with the same issue. Murfee was removed from Sunday’s game in Anaheim after feeling discomfort in his pitching arm. Seattle placed RHP Penn Murfee on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation on Monday.

Luzardo (5-5) allowed five earned runs, six hits and struck out three. Suárez hit a solo shot in the fifth inning, and Murphy hit a solo homer in the eighth.Īll of Seattle’s early offensive damage came off Miami starter Jesús Luzardo, who lasted just four innings in his shortest outing of the season. The Mariners scored six runs with two outs in the first two innings combined, highlighted by Teoscar Hernández’s RBI double in the first and France’s three-run homer in the second.īryan De La Cruz’s error in left field later in the first inning allowed Hernández to score, and Julio Rodríguez’s RBI single in the second set the stage for France to hit his sixth homer of the season. Miller was provided support from the outset - and a chance to pitch with the lead. Arraez was hitless for the second time in his last 17 games, and for the 11th time this season. Miami’s Luis Arraez went hitless in four at-bats and his batting average dipped to. The 24-year-old right-hander again relied mostly on spotting his fastball, but mixed in just enough sliders to keep the Marlins off balance. Miller (4-3) rebounded from his previous two starts in which the rookie was badly knocked around by the Yankees and Rangers to the tune of 19 hits and 15 earned runs. Ty Adcock pitched two innings of relief in his major league debut, and Gabe Speier worked the ninth, finishing off the one-hitter. Miller was superb, throwing six innings and allowing only Nick Fortes’ solo home run with two outs in the fifth inning. SEATTLE - Rookie Bryce Miller and two relievers combined on a one-hitter, Ty France, Eugenio Suárez and Tom Murphy homered, and the Seattle Mariners opened an important six-game homestand with an 8-1 win over the Miami Marlins on Monday night.įollowing a disappointing 2-6 road trip that saw Seattle fall 10 games back in the AL West, the Mariners rediscovered a winning formula of strong starting pitching and a few big swings.

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