Julio Rodriguez aims to reverse course as Mariners host Reds

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Mired in another early-season slump, Seattle's Julio Rodriguez was given a day off Sunday.

Even that didn't go as planned.

Rodriguez, called upon as a pinch runner in the ninth inning, was picked off for the final out in the Mariners' 3-2 loss to the visiting Chicago Cubs.

Rodriguez and theMariners now will host the Cincinnati Reds in another interleague series beginning M