Mariners’ longest day ends with a victory

Matt Tuiasosopo and Kenji Johjima each drove in a run to help the Seattle Mariners beat the host Triple-A Portland Beavers 6-1 Friday night.

The game was delayed 75 minutes because of rain with one out in the top of the fourth inning. Seattle manager Mike Hargrove pulled the Mariners starters after the showers.

Asdrubal Cabrera had an RBI single and Portland third baseman Jason Hill’s throwing error led to three runs as Seattle grabbed a 5-0 lead in the fifth.

The rain delay prolonged a rather tedious schedule for the Mariners, who had arrived in Portland about 2 a.m. local time on Thursday night after playing games in two different cities.

After the game, they were headed to Tacoma for an exhibition against the Triple-A Rainiers this afternoon.

Paul McAnulty drove in a run for Portland, the Triple-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres. The game was a sellout, attracting 19,579 fans.

Three-way trade completed

The Oakland Athletics acquired right-hander Juan Dominguez from the Texas Rangers in a three-way trade that also sent utility player Freddie Bynum to the Chicago Cubs.

The A’s sent Bynum and left-hander John Rheinecker to Texas for Dominguez. The Rangers then dealt Bynum to the Cubs for lefty John Koronka.

The 25-year-old Dominguez is 5-10 with a 4.60 ERA in 32 career appearances in the majors. He went into camp competing for Texas’ fifth starter job but struggled and R.A. Dickey earned the spot.

Dominguez is expected to start the season at Triple-A Sacramento.

Bynum batted .278 with 23 stolen bases last season at Triple-A Sacramento and went 2 for 7 in a brief stint at the end of the season with the A’s.

He then batted .373 with six steals this spring, but was out of options and wasn’t going to make Oakland’s roster.

Koronka was 1-2 with a 7.47 ERA in four games (three starts) for the Cubs last year, his only season in the big leagues.

Rheinecker was 4-0 with a 1.77 ERA in Triple-A last year.

Schott memorabilia auctioned

Marge Schott wasn’t a discerning collector of baseball memorabilia. Her stash included common drinking glasses, red canvas director’s chairs with Reds logos, photos of her St. Bernard dogs and bats used by little-known players.

But more than 500 people signed up to bid at Friday’s auction of Marge’s “stuff,” each hoping to take home a memory of the feisty former owner of the Cincinnati Reds.

The auction took in $142,725 for Schott’s foundation.

Jane Wehmeir of Cincinnati paid $150 for a monogrammed leather collar from Schott’s dog, Schottzie, and $425 for a custom-made baseball glove with Marge’s name imprinted on it.

“I wanted to take home with me something that was dear to her,” Wehmeir said. “I know her dogs meant everything to her. And the ball glove was a one-of-a-kind item.”

Restaurateur Scott Snow, who owns Buffalo Wild Wings stores in Ohio, Illinois and Maryland, claimed one of the premier items. He bid $14,950 for one of Marge’s two available copies of the 1990 World Series trophy.

Schott was majority owner of the Reds from 1984 to 1999. She died at the age of 75 in 2004.

Notes

Preparing for their strike next week, minor league umpires reversed course and decided to allow their members to work as fill-ins for major league umps who are sick or on vacation. The minor league umps, whose contract expired after last season, are set to strike when the season starts next Thursday. … Minnesota Twins pitcher Francisco Liriano was arrested and charged with drunken driving in Cape Coral, Fla., but his team said he still could begin the season with the club.