Coming off a split vs the Twins . . .
M’s won the first two games in Minny by one run; lost the next two via one blowout and one shutout. Offense is definitely off to a slow start so, let’s focus on the good, like the new kid on-the-mound today – making his big league debut for the M’s in the Chicago home opener . . .
Matt Brash –> 5.1IP-4H-2ER-6K
there was at least ONE bright spot at the plate – Suarez’s first homer as a Mariner . . .
Pitchin’ and Defense . . .
They scored early but, not often . . .
#HannyHomer in the 1st plated Ty who was HBP (of course!) in his first AB for their only runs
They got a lot ON but, not a lot IN . . .
SEVEN walks but, only FIVE hits and 0/8 w/RISP
Some shades of last season . . .
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
Three outta four would have been great but, we’ll take a split . . .
g57Â Mariners 1 | Indians 3Â 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
g58Â Mariners 7 | Indians 1Â Lookie here! They CAN pitch and hit in the same game!
ON the MOUND
Sans beard becomes you, Wade 🙂
SEVEN innings ~ FOUR hits ~ TWOÂ ~ 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 . . .
g60Â Mariners 3 | Indians 5Â Oh, those base on balls . . .Â
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 . . .Â
Compass Rosy 