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SEATTLE -- Baltimore Orioles starter Ubaldo Jimenez was on the ropes two weeks ago, when another short outing in a 13-3 loss to Toronto left him with a 7.34 ERA and a shaky future. Jimenezs spot in the rotation was in jeopardy, and it was going to take a solid start or two for the Orioles to keep relying on him.Jimenez delivered with solid outings in back-to-back outings, so hell be on the mound again when the Orioles close out the Seattle series on Sunday afternoon.Ubaldos had two good outings in a row, manager Buck Showalter said, so we hope that continues.Baltimores rotation could get a facelift around the All-Star break, and Jimenez isnt the only Orioles starter on thin ice. Right-hander Tyler Wilson endured the worst start of his young career Saturday night, when he got tagged for eight runs off nine hits, three of which were homers, over three innings in a 12-6 loss to Seattle.The Orioles, who came into the Seattle series on the high of a seven-game winning streak, have fallen on hard times to the tune of three losses in a row. The good news was that Baltimores offense started to show signs of life after the fourth inning Saturday night.Showalter was more concerned with his over-taxed pitching staff, which had to use four pitchers to get through the win after Wilson only got nine outs.Weve just not been able to get deep in games with our starters, Showalter said.Seattle is hoping veteran starter Hisashi Iwakuma (7-6, 4.34 ERA) can continue Baltimores offensive struggles. Iwakuma has history with the Orioles, having thrown his only no-hitter against Baltimore last August.It was a significant game in my career, Iwakuma told The News Tribune of Tacoma (Wash.) through an interpreter on Saturday. But thats in the past, and (Sunday) is a different ball game.Iwakuma has given up 10 home runs over his past six starts, so there is reason for the Orioles to believe that their late offensive awakening Saturday might continue into the series finale.Baltimore (47-33) has only been swept once all season, and that came in a three-game series at Houston in late May. The last time the Orioles lost every game of a four-game series came last August, when the Minnesota Twins swept them in Baltimore.Seattles three-game winning streak has given the Mariners renewed hope after a rough June. Saturdays win pulled Seattle (42-39) within 9 1/2 games of Texas in the AL West and 1 1/2 back in the wild-card standings.This is a time we need to win some games and finish the first half on a good note, said Mariners left fielder Seth Smith, who has homered in each of the first three games of the series.Seattle has won three in a row for the first time since May 19-22. A win Sunday would match the Mariners longest winning streak of the season, at four games. Yodny Cajuste Jersey . Brad Jacobs and his Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., team took control of the game early. Irving Fryar Jersey . The Redskins announced Monday that the quarterback who led the team to the Super Bowl championship in the 1987 season will serve as a personnel executive. http://www.cheappatriotsjerseysauthentic.com/?tag=authentic-malik-gant-jersey . -- Patrick Reed got an early start in golf. Shaq Mason Jersey . 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SEPANG, Malaysia -- A faulty valve is suspected as the cause of a dangerous fire that engulfed the Renault of Kevin Magnussen during Fridays opening practice session at the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix.Magnussen made a regulation stop in pit lane and the car was being pushed toward the team garage when flames emerged at the top of the fuel tank.The Danish driver was instructed to immediately get out, and he sprang out just as the flames began to lick at the side of the vehicles cockpit. He was unhurt in the incident.Team mechanics and track marshals sprayed the car in extinguishing foam, but it repeatedly reignited as fuel continued to pump out of the leak at the crest of the bodywork, behind the on-board camera.New eruptions of fire lasted for several minutes as crew and marshals stood poised with extinguishers pointed at the car, intermittently spraying at the fresh flames.After the team managed to attach a hose and drain the tank, the fire was finally brought under control.ddddddddddddhe incident caused the session to be red-flagged for 15 minutes before the pit lane was deemed safe enough to resume.Renaults technical director Nick Chester said an early investigation put the blame on a faulty breather valve, which allows air to vent into the fuel tank.Pit lane fires have been a rarity since the sport banned refueling in 2010 on cost rather than safety grounds, mainly because of the high expense of transporting the hi-tech fuel rigs around the world.Jos Verstappen, father of current Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, was caught in the middle of a terrifying pit lane fire during the German Grand Prix in 1994 as a sudden ball of flame erupted around and over his car while he was sitting in it. 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