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CHICAGO -- The Seattle Mariners have not been to Wrigley Field in nearly a decade, but manager Scott Servais knows enough about the idiosyncrasies of the park and daytime baseball to give his team enough direction.After an ugly 12-1 loss Friday, the Mariners hope Servais knowledge translates into a win Saturday afternoon.Servais played for the Cubs from 1995-98 mostly sub-par years for Chicago except for a 1998 postseason appearance.I played here for three and a half years, Servais said. It was really the first time in my career I had the chance to play every day, probably because they didnt have anybody else when they traded for me.His best season with Chicago was in 1996 when he hit .265 with 11 home runs and 63 RBI over 129 games.This weekend is only Seattles second all-time and the Mariners have lost three of four meetings in Chicago. The Cubs took two of three from the Mariners in their last visit to Chicago from June 12-14, 2007.Servais will be giving a crash course in both Wrigley Field culture and big league baseball to the newest Mariner -- 25-year-old Cuban prospect Guillermo Heredia who was called upon Friday from Triple-A Tacoma.We want to get him comfortable, Servais said. Hes a guy who can come in and defend late in the game, pinch hit, pinch run, do those type of things. We will get him some starts eventually.Heredia did make his major league debut following Fridays 74-minute rain delay, settling in in right field in the bottom of the seventh. He also was 0-for-1 in his lone plate appearance.Heredia was pleased to get his first big league opportunity after spending 84 games between Double-A Jackson and Triple-A Tacoma.The biggest adjustment is the pitching, he said through a translator. Obviously its different than Cuba. Here they focus more on fastball, (and the) changeup. Thats the biggest thing.Heredia signed with the Mariners as a non-drafted free agent on March 1 after hitting .285 with 231 runs, 57 doubles, 15 triples, 23 home runs and 121 RBI in 374 career games in Cubas Serie Nacional.The Mariners will be hoping their bats can perform better than Friday and Wade Miley lasts longer than Hisashi Iwakauma. Iwakuma only lasted three innings and the Mariners will look for some distance from Miley, who has dropped six straight starts.Miley has a 5.13 ERA since his last win on June 7 against Cleveland but the Mariners have only scored six runs for him. Miley last pitched Sunday in Toronto when he allowed two runs and four hits in six innings of a 2-0 loss.Miley will be facing Cubs ace Jake Arrieta, who is 3-4 since his no-hitter on May 16. Arrieta, the 2015 NL Cy Young Award winner, has struggled since he completed a run of 20 consecutive victories including a no-hitter on May 16.He has gone 3-4 since and the Cubs are 0-4 in his last four starts while Arrieta has a 5.55 ERA in those games.Seattle batters dont see Arrieta on anything approaching a regular basis although the Cubs right-hander has had two previous outings against Seattle.He is 0-1 with a 4.63 ERA in three career starts against the Mariners but hasnt faced them since 2012 while with the Baltimore Orioles.In his last outing, Arrieta allowed four runs on five hits over six innings against the White Sox. Three of those runs occurred when he allowed a home run to Todd Frazier.Jake was really good except for the one pitch, Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. (The) three-run homer definitely did hurt us right there.The Cubs have won three straight and will be hoping to give Arrieta similar support as Jon Lester had Friday. 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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Juston Burris first pro pick cost his quarterback his hair.Ryan Fitzpatrick revealed in a radio interview Thursday morning that he needed to cut his stupid hair -- a puffy pompadour -- and made a bet with teammates that the next player to intercept him in practice would get to give him a fresh summer `do.That player, Fitzpatrick told the Boomer & Carton Show on 101.9 WFAN, was Burris.The fourth-round draft pick out of North Carolina State grabbed a floating pass intended for Brandon Marshall on Tuesday and got his first interception of camp -- and sealed the fate of Fitzpatricks `fro.It was right before practice started, Burris said after practice Thursday. We were in stretch line and a couple of the vets made a bet with him, and I just so happened to get it. I was the one to do it.After the interception, Burris went right to safety Rontez Miles, who had set up the bet with Fitzpatrick.We talked about it and we laughed about it, Burris said. I honestly didnt think it really was going to happen, but they called me up in the team meeting (that night) and said I could do it.So, Burris was given some clippers and started shaving through Fitzpatricks fluffy locks.It was terrible, terrible. Bad, a smiling Burris said of his barber skills. He had to go back over it. He had to do his own thing. Im not good with clippers.Burris said a few teammates were ticked off that he was the one to win the haircutting honors.Yeah, they were pretty mad, especially the guys on offense, he said, smiling. They didnt want a rookie to cut their quarterbacks hair.dddddddddddd But, a bet is a bet.So, within a few minutes, all that hair that had Jets camp buzzing was in clumps on the floor.It is gone, but I love his beard, Burris said. Hes got a nice beard. Yeah, I like the beard. He has a cool beard.Burris has seen a lot of action on the field in camp and made a mostly solid impression -- his haircutting skills aside, of course.The 6-foot, 212-pound cornerback was a three-year starter at N.C. State who impressed Jets coach Todd Bowles with his press coverage, making things tough for wide receivers at the line of scrimmage and beyond. His athleticism could help him add depth at both cornerback and safety.The more reps I can get, the better Ill be, he said. With this system and the way we practice, Im getting a lot of reps. So, with every rep, you get better, so Im trying to come out here every practice and get better and never take a step back.The fact the interception came against the starting offense gave Burris a boost.It feels like you can make plays at this level, he said. Thats all I want to do. Ive got that confidence that I can play at this level and that was just reassurance. It was just great to be able to make that play on the 1s.And, Burris wont be switching from defensive back to barber any time soon.No, he said, smiling and shaking his head, definitely not.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '