"He was getting ahead of us and keeping the ball off the plate," said Seattle manager Brad Lidge. "Liddell kept us confused the whole game."
The New York City hurler rang up 9 strikeouts and issued no walks in his 6-0 shutout victory.
This year Liddell has fashioned a 10-10 mark, 3.81 ERA and pitched 163 innings. Opposing clubs are batting .248 against him and he has logged 192 strikeouts.