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Mariners shuffle: send down Greg Hallman, release Jack Cust

The Mariners looked to be preparing to add major-league veteran Wily Mo Pena to their roster by sending outfielder Greg Halman to Class AAA on Thursday. Seattle will announce a corresponding move Friday, and it's likely to be Pena, who was signed to a minor-league deal last week.

In a separate move, the team also released veteran Jack Cust, who had been designated for assignment last week.

One of the reasons the Mariners opted to start left-hander Charlie Furbush in Wednesday's game, rather than call up left-hander Anthony Vazquez from AAA, is because Vazquez was not on the 40-man roster. The Mariners currently have only 39 or 40 spots filled on the 40-man roster and by going with Furbush instead of Vazquez, they were able to keep that final spot open to add Pena.

Pena, 29, hit .196 with a .717 on-base-plus-slugging percentage in 17 games with Arizona earlier this season. He hit five home runs and posted a .522 slugging percentage over that period and is expected to serve primarily as a designated hitter for Seattle — perhaps as a right-handed-hitting platoon partner with a left-handed batters Mike Carp and Adam Kennedy.

Halman, 23, hit .230 in 30 games with the team since being called up from AAA two months ago. He had served as the team's backup center fielder, a role that will likely now fall to newcomer Casper Wells, acquired last week in a trade with the Detroit Tigers.

The Mariners will also likely want to take a look at AAA center fielder Trayvon Robinson — acquired Sunday in the Erik Bedard trade — at some point soon.But Robinson can always be called in a few weeks, when lists are expanded in September

Geoff Baker: 206-464-8286 or gbaker@seattletimes.com.

Hunger 101 AZ: AAA Volunteers Give Back to Community and Help ...

THE IDEA: Only through information and knowledge can we even begin to eliminate Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Hunger. Hunger 101 strives to increase public Awareness, Advocacy and Action of hunger and poverty in Arizona and America by: - Starting conversations about poverty and hunger. - Educating children and adults to the realities of hunger, poverty, and food insecurity. - Empowering people of all ages to take action to fight food insecurity, hunger, and poverty. AAA’s benevolence touched St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance with a “Virtual Food Drive” to benefit the hungry of Arizona.In early June, AAA launched the food drive on line, where employees can donate money. For every $ 1 raised, the food bank can deliver food sufficient to provide seven meals. The aim of the club was to raise $ 1,000 for the month, which will provide 7000 meals to people in need. "I am so proud of humanity and generosity of volunteers AAA," said Mike Tully, president and CEO of AAA Arizona. “We have known that our employees were active volunteers before, but through our community service committee, we have been able to multiply our employees’ time and talents to create a collective impact in our community.” “Organizing our ideas and efforts toward community service has been such a successful venture,” said Mark Allan, controller for AAA Arizona and president of the community service committee. “By bringing together a team of representatives throughout the club, we’ve been able to arrange fulfilling opportunities for employees to take part in.

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