Video: Taijuan Walker making second career start

Sep 4, 2013, 6:04 PM | Updated: 6:04 pm

By 710Sports.com staff

Mariners rookie Taijuan Walker will be on a pitch count as he makes his second career start tonight against the Royals in Kansas City.

In the video above, Shannon Drayer discusses the Mariners’ plan with Walker, both for tonight’s start and for the remainder of the season.

Tonight’s game can be heard on 710 ESPN Seattle, and you can follow along with our live gametracker.

Here is the Mariners’ lineup:

Brad Miller, SS
Franklin Gutierrez, RF
Kyle Seager, 3B
Kendrys Morales, DH
Raul Ibanez, LF
Justin Smoak, 1B
Dustin Ackley, CF
Mike Zunino, C
Nick Franklin, 2B

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