Piniella still in Tampa with sick father

PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) - Manager Lou Piniella of the Seattle Mariners remains in Florida, where his father is ill.

Bench coach John McLaren said he talked to Piniella on the telephone Tuesday night and that Piniella didn't know when he would return to spring training here.

Piniella flew to Tampa, Fla., on Monday after he found out his father, Louis, 83, had been hospitalized with pneumonia.

The Mariners had Tuesday off, and host the Chicago Cubs in exhibition play today.