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Jose Quintana carried a no-hitter against the Red Sox until the seventh inning. With one out David Ortiz sent a looper into shallow center. The single broke Ortiz’s bat. The bat lay shattered, kind of like Henrik Lundqvist’s spirit. The Rangers lost the third game of the Eastern Conference semifinals

Hope the Mariners have the jet warm because they need to fly off and hide someplace. They might decide to leave Brandon Maurer right here in his hometown. He gave up a third inning run and now trails 7-0. Maurer tonight has allowed 11 hits, walked a pair and uncorked two wild pitches -- in just three innings. At this rate, Aaron Harang might still be on the team come Friday. 5:09 p.m.: Mike Trout hit a one-out triple and scored on a single to center by Albert Pujols to make it a 6-0 game. Mariners are in all likelihood going to stumble home 2-7 after starting the trip 2-1. The heat will be on GM Jack Zduriencik tomorrow to get some moves done. Problem is, the time for significant moves is in the off-season, not the month of May. 4:46 p.m.: Once again, the Mariners just are not getting adequate starting work from the back end of their rotation. One can argue that Brandon Maurer didn't catch a break on that blooper that fell between center fielder Michael Saunders and second baseman Dustin Ackley. But the bottom line is, Maurer allowed the first five batters of the game to reach base and also uncorked a wild pitch. He had a chance to get out of the inning only two runs down but a double to the gap in right center by Alberto Callaspo doubled the score and then a Hank Conger single made it 5-0 after one. It's tough for the offense to get going when the starting pitchers don't keep them in the game beyond even one inning. Maurer has had his moments this year, but he's also had outings where he's looked every bit a pitcher who should be learning his craft in Class AAA. If the Mariners want anybody to take them seriously beyond June 1, they are going to have to start finding more major league pieces to patch up some areas of concern that have been there since Opening Day and gone neglected. Not just on the mound, either. The team has gotten by for a while with stuff it was fortunate not to get burned by. But this rotation, the way it's designed, is now hurting the team big time. Something will have to be done about it tomorrow. The Aaron Harang DFA will be an obvious move. Not sure the team has a move to make with Maurer. But you can only carry one fifth starter per team. This club has carried two -- and sometimes three when it's on the road -- all season so far. 3:57 p.m.: The Mariners enter this afternoon's road trip finale having dropped five in a row to turn what once looked like a promising trip into a 2-6 nightmare. Brandon Maurer will try to snap the skid today, pitching for the first time in the hometown area where he grew up. When I spoke to Maurer yesterday, he told me he'd purchased 32 tickets for family and friends. I asked whether he'd been getting calls from folks coming out of the woodwork that he hadn't heard from in years and he replied that this was indeed the case. "I told some of them they should uy their own tickets,'' he said.

Record: 26-21. Pace: 90-72. Change on 2012: +5 Wednesday's game wasn't on TV in Arizona or Colorado, meaning that most of us weren't able to see it played. For those of us following along on the radio or through various websites, it seems like we didn't miss a whole lot. Not from the Diamondbacks offense, at least, who started their day off with a 1-2-3 inning to Jorge De La Rosa. And Trevor Cahill didn't seem to be quite ready to start the game on the right foot, either. First inning, he kept pitching up, and the Rockies were more than happy to take advantage of it. Cahill got lucky at first, getting two long, loud outs to start it off. But the third time was the charm for the Rockies, as Carlos Gonzalez started off the scoring with a two-out solo home run for Colorado. Cahill still wasn't out of trouble there, though- back to back doubles by Dexter Fowler and Nolan Arenado gave the Rockies another run, and it was 2-0 after one inning. In the second, the Diamondbacks offense came roaring back and- no, no, wait. They grounded out three times around a walk by Gerardo Parra. More the sort of results we'd like to see with Cahill on the mound. He, at least, managed to settle in a bit for the bottom of the second, going 1-2-3 through the bottom of the Rockies lineup. Cahill kept that hot streak going into the top of the third, too- a one out hit got past Dexter Fowler in the outfield, giving Cahill a stand-up double. After A.J. Pollock struck out, Didi Grigorius walked, but a fielder's choice by Paul Goldschmidt ended the inning. Cahill's luck sputtered in the third. Eric Young grounded out on a bunt to start the inning, but Colorado got their first baserunner of the inning on a DJ LeMahieu single. Carlos Gonzalez came to the plate and lined a ball into the left field corner. The ball rolled past Gerardo Parra along the wall, and by the time it got back in, Gonzalez had an RBI triple. He wasn't on third for long, though- Dexter Fowler lined out sharply to first for the second out, but a wild pitch got away from Will Nieves, and Gonzalez scored. 4-0, Colorado. Nieves made up for it a little in the top of the fourth. Cody Ross put up a lead-off single to start it off, taking second on a ground out from Martin Prado. Nieves came to the plate with two outs, worked his way to a full count, and then slapped the ball to the left-center gap. Ross came around to score and Nieves hustled his way around to slide in to second for the RBI double, but he was stranded there. And.... That's all the scoring we got. The Diamondbacks threatened in the fifth, with Pollock dodging a tag at first to reach with one out and Grigorius singling to bring the tying run to the plate in the form of Paul Goldschmidt. Goldschmidt wasn't up to the kind of power display we might have liked to see, though, and ended the inning by grounding into a double play. The top of the sixth inning gave us another leadoff single from Cody Ross and the end of Jorge De La Rosa's afternoon. But if there was any hope of beating up on the Rockies bullpen, they didn't come true, as the Edgmer Escalona got two ground balls to end the inning. There was also some confusion in the bottom of the inning, on a high, high fly ball by Dexter Fowler. The umpires left the field to head into the review booth before they came back to call it a foul ball- which is strange, since they really only can review whether something is a home run or not. Fowler then singled and stole second before advancing to third on a ground out by Todd Helton, but a bunt pop up to Nieves by Yorvit Torrealba ended the inning. That was the end of Cahill's afternoon, as he was pulled to let Eric Hinske pinch hit in the top of the seventh. Hinske popped out, though Pollock singled and was stranded on first as the inning ended. Tony Sipp came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh, going 1-2-3 with two strikes outs, and then Will Harris repeated the feat in the eighth, with the Diamondbacks looking for one last rally

Every year the AIA/LA, or the Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects, holds its annual Restaurant Design Awards, a competition which honors excellence in design for restaurants, nightclubs, cafes, bars, and lounges. In order to quality, the venue must be located in LA or the designers must have an office in LA. Out now are the 16 finalists for 2013, as determined by judges Margot Dougherty (writer), Warner Ebbink (restaurateur), and George Kelly (architect). Which means that voting is now open to the public until noon on June 17 to decide the People's Choice Award. Winners will be announced on June 22 at Dwell on Design. RESTAURANT BELCAMPO MEAT CO. (Larkspur, CA) designed by BCV Architects ESTADIO (Washington, DC) designed by GrizForm Design Architects EVELEIGH (West Hollywood) designed by Nick Mathers JOULE / THE WHALE WINS (Seattle, WA) designed by Heliotrope Architects NOBU MALIBU (Malibu) designed by Montalba Architects, Inc. & Studio PCH, LLC OUTLIERS EATERY (Portland, ME) designed by Remi Designs SUPERBA SNACK BAR (Venice) designed by Design, Bitches & Reed Architectural Group WATERS - BONNELL'S COASTAL CUISINE (Fort Worth, TX) designed by Preen, Inc. YOJISAN SUSHI (Beverly Hills) designed by Dan Brunn Architecture CAFÉ/BAR BEER BELLY (LA) designed by MAKE Architecture NORTHERN LIGHTS BAR (Iceland) designed by Minarc PLAN CHECK KITCHEN + BAR (LA) designed by Raveled Studio & Terry Heller SWEET CRUSH (LA) designed by 64North LOUNGE/NIGHTCLUB Chambers Eat + Drink (San Francisco) designed by Samonsky + Pometta Architects, LLP & Mr. Important Design Pour Vous (LA) designed by Houston Hospitality SHOREbar (LA) designed by Built a design build company ·All AIA/LA Coverage [~ELA~]

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Aaron Rodgers Rocking the mullet. Recent memory and success has had our favorite Green Bay Packers players spread across anything dealing with contemporary culture. However, these select players featured below have kept these appearances and interests under the radar and break from the norm. Shall we begin? Aaron Rodgers has obviously been the most prominent face in modern football iconography, gracing multiple publications and commercials. Seldom mentioned is the involvement in his own record company, Suspended Sunrise. An avid music lover, Rodgers has used the same passion on the gridiron to the studio, by producing music videos for his acts. Released in 2011, Aaron Rodgers appeared in, “Get It,” by his label’s band, The Make. With a “Big Lebowski” bowling theme, Rodgers makes an appearance true to the MVP’s patented humor. Jared Allen must be jealous from the exquisite execution of the mullet. Keep an eye out for QB from 3:08 to 3:10. Looking at Center Evan Dietrich-Smith, and the initial impression may bring shutters when exposed to the vast array of skeleton tattoos adoring both arms. Yet if Smith lifts his right arm, a little personality flows through with one particular tattoo on his bicep. Scribed in his skin is a film-buff’s Easter egg, with a skull and two eyes peering from the cryptic skeleton. This logo comes form the cult classic , “Evil Dead 2″, which details a man’s horrific and comical adventure against demons in a secluded cabin. Still intimidating? I think so. Marshall Newhouse may be known as the TCU standout, who filled in for the Packers at the left tackle position. What many people may not know is that while Newhouse pummels opponents into the turf, he would rather let them, “live long and prosper.” A Trekker (correct term for the Star Trek fan community), Newhouse has kept his over 27,000 followers on Twitter, in on his love of the final frontier. [drops intensely made sandwich] …”KHAAAAAANNNNNN!!” — Marshall Newhouse (@MNewhouse74) May 17, 2013 For anyone who has not seen the seminal 80s classic, “Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan” the reference to a line humorously delivered by William Shatner’s, Captain Kirk. In Newhouse’s case, his sandwich was the receiver of his rage, and hopefully the new competition of this season will, “bury them alive.” Though he might never get the chance to play his idol, Batman, Ahman Green has kept busy since his last season in 2011. Expanding his horizon, Green was able to use his work ethic on the field and translate it to the Adam Sandler produced, “Big Stan.” Green’s talents may have been better suited in a film like “The Longest yard” where he took the role as a prison inmate alongside “Grown Ups” star Rob Schneider. Though the film was released straight to video, Green can stiff-arm some of these early roles into big runs in the future. What is some of your favorite Packers player appearance/interests in media? Send your findings to our Twitter and Facebook pages!

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