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Seattle, WA (Sports Network) - Cameron Maybin was mistakenly given first base on a three-ball walk in the fifth inning and scored the games lone run on an Alberto Gonzalez single, as the Padres earned a controversial 1-0 win over the Seattle Mariners. With one out in the fifth, Maybin was awarded first base after the count went to 3-2. But nobody caught home plate umpire Phil Cuzzis mistake at the time when Maybin flipped the bat and trotted to first base. The scoreboard showed a three-ball count before Doug Fister delivered the high pitch that led to Maybins phantom walk. Maybin then moved to second on Anthony Rizzos groundout and crossed the plate on Gonzalezs base hit when the ball caromed off the glove of shortstop Brendan Ryan and into left field. I thought I just missed a pitch, Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. Nobody reacted to it, nobody did anything and he went to first base. I felt like I was in the wrong, but obviously that wasnt the case. It was just the third ball and that was pointed out to me after the fact. That was not the only bad luck Seattle had. Fister (3-9) tossed his third complete game of the season, allowing the crazy run on six hits to take the hard-luck loss. He also struck out seven and walked one. Padres starter Cory Luebke (2-2) pitched six scoreless innings. He gave up just two hits and struck out seven. He threw the ball well, Padres manager Bud Black said of Luebke. What I liked was that he was really aggressive with the fastball. I thought that he pitched really well with a good live fastball to both sides of the plate. The Mariners best chance to score early on came in the second. Greg Halman hit a one-out double. Luebke retired the next two batters to keep Seattle off the board. The Padres scored the lone run of the game in the fifth. Maybin actually fell behind 0-2 in his at-bat before fouling off a pitch. Fister then threw a ball and Maybin fouled off another pitch. Maybin then watched a ball go by him in the dirt, but the count on the scoreboard showed 3-2 instead of 2-2, where it should have been. The next pitch was high and Maybin went to first base without a protest from anyone. Maybin later scored on Gonzalezs two-out base hit. You have to do it before the next pitch is thrown, Wedge said of a possible protest. You have to go out there and do something. Thats something thats never happened before. I think thats what makes it so unusual when youre having conversations, watching the game, working the ball game...there was no reaction there from anybody. I just felt like I must have missed one. Seattle stranded a runner on third in the seventh. With Chad Qualls pitching, Ryan reached first on Jason Bartletts fielding error. Ryan stole second and moved to third on a Franklin Gutierrez fly out. But Qualls retired the next two batters to keep the Padres in front. Mike Adams tossed a perfect eighth and Heath Bell pitched the ninth for his 24th save of the season. That wrapped up San Diegos eighth win in 10 games. GAME NOTES:Seattle has still won four of five from San Diego this season...Fister has allowed just three total runs over his last three starts...Padres second baseman Orlando Hudson (bruised left shin) missed the game...The Mariners were without catcher Miguel Olivo (hamstring) and second baseman Dustin Ackley (bruised ribs)...Mariners pitcher Blake Beavan will make his MLB debut on Sunday...This was the 500th career appearance for Qualls. cheap jerseys from china free shipping . Canadian midfielder and Winnipeg native Desiree Scott is thrilled the team will play in her hometown for the first time since 1990. "Im beyond excited," she said. cheap jerseys from china paypal . Jagr tied Gordie Howes NHL record of 121 game-winning goals by scoring 2:30 into overtime, and Cory Schneider made 34 saves to lead the Devils over the Kings 2-1 on Thursday. Division champions for the fourth time in the last five years. Ty Rimmer made 31 saves as Tri-City defeated the visiting Everett Silvertips 4-1 on Friday in Western Hockey League action. cheap jerseys from china . The two likeliest players to be named captain of Canadas Olympic mens hockey team for Sochi appear to be Jonathan Toews and Sidney Crosby.TOKYO - Canadas Milos Raonic moved closer to a possible place in the ATP season-ending event as he reached a second straight final at the Japan Open on Saturday with a 7-6 (4), 6-1 semifinal win over Croatian Ivan Dodig. But the 22-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., is trying to keep it all in perspective as he improves one spot to provisional tenth in the race to the eight-man World Tour Finals set for London in just over a month. No Canadian has ever played the elite tournament in singles, though Torontos Daniel Nestor has made multiple appearances at year-enders in doubles. "London is still far away for me," said Raonic, winner of his last eight matches in Asia and the champion last weekend in Bangkok. "I dont have any issues thinking about it. "Im playing well but I have a long way to go to possibly qualify. I need to keep giving myself chances to try and make it. But Im not letting it get into my head. "Im just concentrating on each match, Ive been playing well and I want to keep that up. I know what I have to do to keep on winning these matches, thats what I want to concentrate on right now." Raonic, seeded third, will play for the title on Sunday at the Ariake Colosseum against the winner of top seed Juan Martin del Potro and Spanish No. 6 Nicolas Almagro. Raonic lost the Tokyo final a year ago to Japans Kei Nishikori, who went out this year in the quarter-finals to Almagro while complaining of back pain. As he bids for the sixth title of his career and third this season after San Jose and Bangkok,, Raonic said that his run of form over the past months was made possible by his final against Rafael Nadal at the Rogers Cup in Montreal in August.dddddddddddd "Montreal helped me to gain confidence,"he said of the first event he played after taking on former player Ivan Ljubicic as his coach. "I wasnt playing my best there, but it got me started." It took just under 90 minutes for Raonic to defeat Dodig, with the first set lasting almost one hour. The Canadian took charge in the second set with his big serve. Raonic faced the first break point in three matches, saving it in the third game of the second set against Dodig, who had won both of their previous matches. He recovered from a 4-1 deficit in the first set, then passed Dodig 5-4 and set up a pair of set points after the Croatian sailed his return wide. Raonic fired over his sixth ace to seal the long set and took that momentum into the second set, which barely lasted 30 minutes. Raonic won his 41st match of the season and his eighth straight in Asia after claiming the Bangkok title last weekend over Tomas Berdych. Saturdays match marked Raonics fifth time playing in a semifinal this season, and he has now won four of them. He came to the court without having faced a break point in 30 previous games and has held serve in 79 of 81 games during his Asian run. He will be playing in back-to-back finals for the third time in his career. Note to readers: This is a corrected story. A previous version had the incorrect first name for del Potro. ' ' '