Dear Felix Hernandez:

Don't sweat the 81.00 ERA for yesterday. We all get a little tightness in our elbows, right? You're OK, right? Really OK?

Talk about a first inning MMD (Massive Mood Deflator):

Felix injured early

Hernandez struggles, leaves in first with tightness in elbow

...."Hernandez, who left the clubhouse before the end of the game and was not available for comment, will be examined further today.

"I think it was a blow for all of us mentally," Mariners manager Mike Hargrove said. "A bummer, for lack of a better word. Anytime you lose a pitcher with the talent Felix has it's not a good time. It takes a little bit of time to recover.

"Gut feeling, I think Felix will be OK. I have nothing to base that on."