Mariners second baseman Nick Franklin was back in the starting lineup Sunday against the Cubs after missing the previous game with a neck injury. Franklin went 1 for 5, but managed to drive in two runs in a 7-6 loss. Franklin started the scoring with an RBI groundout in the third, then drove in another run in the fifth with an RBI single.
Franklin is hitting .295 and finished his first full month with a .296 average in 98 June at-bats.