SEATTLE — Chone Figgins was in the Mariners’ lineup Saturday, a day after his very public dugout scuffle with manager Don Wakamatsu — though answers about the intense fifth- inning conflict were scarce.
The Mariners closed their clubhouse for nearly 30 minutes before Saturday’s game against Boston for a team meeting that included coaches and players. Wakamatsu said issues that surfaced during the scuffle were addressed, though no one directly involved in the dust-up was talking.
Wakamatsu was upset that Figgins was standing near second base as Boston’s Mike Cameron was pulling into second on a double into the left-field corner leading off the fifth.
Figgins inexplicably let the throw from Michael Saunders, which sailed over cutoff man Jack Wilson, bounce a few feet to his left and then dribble past the bag without moving toward it. Cameron alertly went to third base.
Tigers’ Ordoñez goes down
DETROIT — Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordoñez will miss six to eight weeks after breaking his right ankle against the Jays.
Footnotes.
The Giants placed left-hander Jeremy Affeldt on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained left oblique and recalled right-hander Joe Martinez from Triple-A Fresno.
• Athletics right-hander Ben Sheets was placed on the DL because of an injury to his elbow that required surgery in 2009 and forced him to miss that entire season.
• The Cardinals activated right fielder Ryan Ludwick from the 15-day DL and sent right-hander P.J. Walters to Triple-A Memphis.
• The Rangers placed catcher Matt Treanor on the 15-day DL because of a strained ligament in his right knee and recalled catcher Taylor Teagarden from Double-A Frisco.
