The sun is out here at Safeco Field and a few things are happening on the field.

Rookie pitcher Doug Fister is leaning against the dugout protection barrier chatting on his cell phone, perhaps conducting an interview with a central California radio station discussing his impressive debut last night. He held the White Sox to one hit over six scoreless innings. He is from Merced and attended Fresno State — which, by the way, is the choice of hats today.

Shortstop Jack Wilson went into the dugout after being interviewed by FSN’s Brad Adam.

As we speak, right-hander Carlos Silva and head athletic trainer Rick Griffin are walking in from the bullpen in left-center field. Silva, who has been on the disabled list most of the season, just threw a BP session and it will be interesting to get his take on how it went.

Here are some little tidbits for ya: Ichiro comes into the game with 167 hits and 66 runs scored. He is trying to extend two streaks — 200 hits and 100 runs scored in nine consecutive seasons. The former figures to be a cinch, the latter not so much.

Second baseman Jose Lopez is on pace to hit 22 home runs and 40 doubles. If he does both, he would become the 14th second baseman in MLB history to be in the 20-40 club.

Meanwhile, the lineups are in and here they are:

White Sox

Scott Podsednik, CF

Gordon Beckham, 3B

Alex Rios, RF

Jim Thome, DH

Carlos Quentin, LF

A.J. Pierzynski, C

Alexei Ramirez, SS

Mark Kotsay, 1B

Jason Nix, 2B

Mariners

Ichiro Suzuki, RF

Franklin Gutierrez, CF

Jose Lopez, 2B

Mike Sweeney, DH

Adrian Beltre, 3B

Russell Branyan, 1B

Jack Wilson, SS

Rob Johnson, C

Ryan Langerhans, LF

— Jim Street