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10:10 pm EDT Fri May 21, 2010

As the Seattle Mariners continue to struggle, they are hoping that it will help to have the pitcher with the best record in interleague play on the mound in their first game against an NL club. The Mariners will give the ball to Cliff Lee on Friday night when they begin a three-game home series with the surprising San Diego Padres. Expectations were high for Seattle following an 85-win season in 2009, but the club has failed to meet them. The Mariners are in last place in the AL West and are at the bottom of the league in batting average, homers and runs. Seattle, though, has built its club around pitching, and the acquisition of Lee was the highlight of the Mariners’ offseason. His 12-2 interleague mark is the best among any pitcher with at least 12 decisions. The Mariners have scored a total of nine runs in losing three of Lee’s four starts this year. Lee pitched a five-hitter with a season-high 10 strikeouts Sunday in a 2-1 loss at Tampa Bay.

The left-hander has faced the Padres twice, posting a 1.35 ERA and not receiving any decisions. While Seattle is one of baseball’s biggest flops, San Diego is in first place in the NL West. The Padres entered 2010 off consecutive losing seasons, but have used a major league-best 2.78 ERA to become a contender. San Diego is 5-1 in starts by Wade LeBlanc, who has yielded two runs or fewer in every outing. LeBlanc gave up one run over seven innings Sunday in a 1-0 loss to the Dodgers. The left-hander may have bad memories of his lone career outing against the Mariners, allowing four runs and recording four outs in a 9-3 road loss last June 25. LeBlanc allowed a homer and a double in two at-bats by Ichiro Suzuki, who is seventh all-time with a .340 interleague average among players with at least 150 at-bats. Suzuki has stolen 59 bases for the highest interleague total.