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10:10 pm EDT Tue Aug 10, 2010

A stagnant offense was one of the reasons the Seattle Mariners fired manager Don Wakamatsu on Monday. Felix Hernandez doesn’t need a reminder of his team’s season-long struggle to score runs. The Mariners ace has received hardly any run support while losing his last four decisions, a skid he’ll try to stop Tuesday night against the Oakland Athletics. With the AL’s second-worst record, Seattle parted ways with Wakamatsu, bench coach Ty Van Burkleo and pitching coach Rick Adair before Monday night’s series opener with the A’s. Daren Brown was promoted from Triple-A Tacoma on an interim basis to replace Wakamatsu, who presided over an offense that ranks last in the majors in runs, batting average and homers. The Mariners won Brown’s debut, a 3-1 victory that featured the club’s first triple play since 1995.

Hernandez wouldn’t mind similarly stellar defense behind him, but he’s also hoping for some help from his offense. The right-hander is 0-4 in five starts since the All-Star break despite a 2.70 ERA. He’s gotten 0.7 runs of support per nine innings in that stretch, and Seattle hasn’t scored in his last 18 innings. Hernandez didn’t allow a run through his first six innings against first-place Texas on Thursday, but he gave up three in the seventh as the Mariners lost 6-0. If Brett Anderson’s last two starts against Seattle are any indication, Hernandez may be forced to match zeros with his opponent again. Anderson faced the Mariners twice in April, pitching six shutout innings each time. He allowed a total of nine hits while striking out 10 in those outings.