OAKLAND -- Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon will not be with the team for the upcoming three-game series against the Tigers as he's flying to Indiana to attend funeral services for his sister.
McClendon's sister, Angela Price, the youngest of 12 children in the family, died at age 44 on Wednesday from health complications in Gary, Ind.
Bench coach Trent Jewett will manage the team in McClendon's absence. Jewett, 51, also filled in as manager for two games against the Nationals last August when McClendon was attending his daughter's wedding.
McClendon is in his second season as Seattle's skipper after working as a coach for the Tigers the previous eight years.