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 SEATTLE (AP) - Seattle manager Mike Hargrove knows he can't keep walking to the mound and summoning closer J.J. Putz in the eighth inning. Putz's perfect mark closing out games makes it hard to do anything else.
For the seventh time this season, and third time in his last four appearances, Hargrove asked Putz on Friday night for more than just his usual three outs. And again, Putz came through with his 23rd save, finishing off the Mariners' 5-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
"We can't do that very often. I've said that before, but I really mean that," Hargrove said. "If we want to keep J.J. effective and rested, we can't go an inning and two-thirds saves."
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