Fister’s hard luck continues in bizarre M’s loss

SEATTLE — San Diego’s Cameron Maybin walked after just three balls were thrown by Seattle’s Doug Fister and came around to score the only run of the game on Alberto Gonzalez’s fifth-inning single, sending the Padres past the Mariners 1-0 on Saturday night. With one out in the fifth, Maybin walked when a pitch was called high by home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi. A video review of the at-bat by official scorer Dan Peterson confirmed the count should have been 3-2 when Maybin walked. No argument was made by anyone on the field and the stadium scoreboard showed a three-ball count before Fister (3-9) delivered the pitch. Maybin scored when Gonzalez’s one-hopper skipped off the glove of Brendan Ryan and into left field. Cory Luebke (2-2) pitched six innings for San Diego.