The Seattle Mariners find themselves down to the Twins 7-1 in the sixth inning. Even though the offense only scored one run, they did a good job making Johan Santana work. Despite giving up just one run and five hits, Santana left after five innings, having thrown 101 pitches. He walked one and struck out two, so he wasn't wasting a lot of pitches on those type of plate appearances. I assume the Mariners fouled off a lot of pitches or took a lot of pitches; had their hurlers held the game close, this is a great way to try to defeat a Santana game; chase him early and get to the bullpen.