Five strong innings Sunday by Felix Hernandez in a rehab start at Triple-A Tacoma wasn’t enough to convince the Mariners to change his recovery timetable. He’ll still make at least one more rehab start.
"He threw the ball much better (Sunday) and got his rhythm going," manager Scott Servais said, "but he’s going to do one more rehab.
"I explained to him that we want to get him up to 80-85 pitches so that when he comes back, we feel good about running him out there to 100."
Plans call for Hernandez to start Saturday for Tacoma in a 7:05 p.