Mariners 1 | Angles 7
ON the MOUND
Santiago’s (last appearance for awhile?): 3IP-2H-1R-1ER-1BB-1SO
and then, a tale of two bullpens . . .
AT the PLATE
Ty hit a sac fly that scored JP in the 1st and that was the offensive highlight 😦
IN the FIELD
tweets of the game . . .
Mariners 3 | Tigers 5
ON the MOUND
AT the PLATE
IN the FIELD
Walton w a fielding error
tweets of the game . . .
Mariners 1 | Padres 16
not gonna lie . . .
I’m extremely disappointed in the Mariners (and MLB in general) regarding vaccine protocol. It is grossly unfair to the players and coaches who are vaccinated when those who aren’t get exposed and have to undergo the COVID quarantine. What happened to one for all, all for one? OR, taking one for the team? The bullpen was the one bright spot so far this season and now they are down FOUR arms for at least TEN days.
ON the MOUND
AT the PLATE
IN the FIELD
ONE DP (Walton-Crawford-Nottingham)
tweets of the game . . .
Mariners 7 | Indians 3
ON the MOUND
AT the PLATE
nice to see the bats come alive ~ their TEN hits was the first double-digit performance since Texas and included THREE homers (Kelenic, Seager, Haniger) and THREE doubles (Kelenic, Moore, Haggerty)
very fun to see “the new guy” contributing big time! (in only his second game!)
IN the FIELD and ON THE BASES
tweets of the game . . .
nothing but bad news right before the game 😦
but, then a LOT of good stuff during the game 🙂
Mariners 2 | Indians 4
looking at the K’s and BB’s – you’d think the outcome was different . . .
ON the MOUND
AT the PLATE
IN the FIELD
no DPs, no errors, PO by Dugger
tweets of the game . . .
I’m rusty and not gonna lie, this new fancy WordPress editor will take some getting used to 😉
Opening Day 2020 . . .
didn’t come till today ~ July 24th
No fans in the stands.
TV broadcasters remote.
Players masked and socially distanced.
But . . .
it. is. baseball.
OK, so it wasn’t the stellarest of openings but, it is back and dad and I were watching from our virtual seats . . .
ON the MOUND
Marco’s second opening day start 4.1 IP – 5H – 4R – 3ER – 1BB – 2SO
Bullpen combined for 3.2 IP – 5H – 4R – 4ER – 3BB – 3SO
MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUTS (youngest team in baseball!)
AT the PLATE
couple of solo shots was all she wrote . . .
Way to go Kyle & Kyle!!
IN the FIELD
Kyle w/an error; no DPs
First, the M’s not only lose their first road series (vs. Tiger) and lose Robbie due to a broken hand (hit by a pitch on the 13th)
but then, on the 15th comes the extremely disappointing news that Robbie has been suspended . . .
It was going to be bad enough to do without Robbie for 4-6 weeks because of injury.
Now, not only does the team have to do without him for much longer but, the reason could have a larger, different impact on the team. Truly one of the biggest challenges the organization has had in many years. It will be interesting to see if the team is able to pull together and if Scott and Jerry can pull the right strings in order to get the right pieces, shuffle the field, respectively to ensure all bases are covered for the rest of the season.
Yes, we will take TWO out of THREE every time! (and all ONE-RUN games, at that!)
(covered Opening Day in previous post )
Each of the second and third game saw the M’s earn FIVE runs (one short of a win in one game and just enough to win the other). So, in the two games combined, they had EIGHTEEN hits, FIVE doubles, THREE homers and FIVE walks . . . very decent production.
Mitch is on F I R E !!!
I know, it’s only three games but, still . . . fun to see him leading the majors in BA/OBP/OPS/SLG 🙂 especially since I picked him to be the best “new-comer” last season and he was off to a great start but, then got hurt (a couple times 😦 )
Speaking of injuries . . .
oh, Nellie! a homer in each of the first TWO games and then some freak accident, turning his ankle stepping into the dugout 😦
I-chi-ro!
spectacular wall-climbing catch on Saturday: Ichiro’s robbery
On the MOUND
So, really seems that it all comes down to health . . .
Next up – short 2-game series w/the Giants in SanFran and then the Twins home-opener (another Thursday/Saturday/Sunday series) then off to Kansas City for three).
Go M’s!
Pitchers (13 + 5 DL)
53 ALTAVILLA, Dan RHP
39 DIAZ, Edwin RHP
38 FIEN, Casey RHP
49 GALLARDO, Yovani RHP
34 HERNANDEZ, Felix RHP
18 IWAKUMA, Hisashi RHP
37 MIRANDA, Ariel LHP
60 OVERTON, Dillon LHP
65 PAXTON, James LHP
47 PAZOS, James LHP
25 RZEPCZYNSKI, Marc LHP
58 SCRIBNER, Evan RHP
50 VINCENT, Nick RHP
31 CISHEK, Steve — DL RHP
59 SIMMONS, Shae — DL RHP
33 SMYLY, Drew — DL LHP
63 WHALEN, Rob — DL RHP
55 ZYCH, Tony — DL RHP
Catchers (2)
52 RUIZ, Carlos C
3 ZUNINO, Mike C
Infielders (5 + 1 DL)
22 CANÓ, Robinson 2B
21 MOTTER, Taylor INF
15 SEAGER, Kyle 3B
2 SEGURA, Jean SS
26 VALENCIA, Danny INF
36 O’MALLEY, Shawn — DL INF
Outfielders (5)
23 CRUZ, Nelson OF/DH
1 DYSON, Jarrod OF
17 HANIGER, Mitch OF
5 HEREDIA, Guillermo OF
12 MARTIN, Leonys OF
Three outta four would have been great but, we’ll take a split . . .
g57 Mariners 1 | Indians 3 Woe is sloppy play, wasting a stellar pitching effort
ON the MOUND
~ James threw WAY too many pitches for SIX innings but, certainly provided a bit of excitement with the TEN strikeouts, several hitting TRIPLE DIGITS . . .
~ Edwin Diaz, making his major league debut, (out of the pen) threw some GAS of his own – a clean inning w/his first ML strikeout
~Then Monty went TWO scoreless w/THREE strikeouts
AT the PLATE
Why is it that when the pitching FINALLY comes around, the hitting goes south?!?
IN the FIELD
And, once again, TWO errors, hurt a stellar start
g58 Mariners 7 | Indians 1 Lookie here! They CAN pitch and hit in the same game!
ON the MOUND
Sans beard becomes you, Wade 🙂
SEVEN innings ~ FOUR hits ~ TWO ~ ZERO runs ~ THREE strikeouts
} Joaquin allowed a solo shot in his inning, Steve posted a clean inning of ‘non-close’ work
AT the PLATE
~ hitters 2-3-4 (Seth, Robbie, Nellie) posted 6/11 w/FOUR runs, THREE RBI and ONE walk
~ hitters 7-8-9 (Adam, Steve, Shawn) posted 5/10 w/TWO runs, FOUR RBI and TWO walks
~ Nellie w/TWO homers, Shawn w/a TRIPLE
IN the FIELD
* Steve w/a passed ball
* Nice ’round the horn DP (Kyle-Cano-Lee)
g59 Mariners 5 | Indians 0 Tai the terrific, Chris the conqueror 🙂
ON the MOUND
Tai not only got back on track, he was steam-rollin’ . . .
EIGHT innings ~ THREE hits ~ ZERO runs ~ ZERO walks ~ ELEVEN strikeouts
} Nick added another scoreless innings and TWO more K’s
AT the PLATE
Have a day, Chris!
TWO homers for THREE RBI and then an RBI double for good measure
~ Kyle with the other RBI on a ground out
~ Ketel picks up where he left-off from the DL w/TWO hits and TWO runs scored
IN the FIELD
catch of the season, so far, for Guti . . .
g60 Mariners 3 | Indians 5 Oh, those base on balls . . .
ON the MOUND
Nathan’s issue was his pitch count from WAY too many walks (FIVE)
Monty was good again but, Edwin gave up his first run and Joaquin was the real nail in the coffin, allowing a 2-run shot and then an UNearned run on his own error 😦
AT the PLATE
THIRTEEN hits (including TWO doubles and THREE homers) should net a LOT more than THREE runs. As it turns out, the THREE runs were all off solo shots (TWO by Robbie, ONE by Adam)
tweets of the series . . .
