Awesome outing from Kuma in the middle-game they won (and Steve earned his 22nd save) but, little else to write home about in this series 😦
tweets of the series . . .
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g83-85 | home sweepers to road sweepees
Mariners 1 | Astros 2
yet another ONE-run loss, Wade M threw a nice quality+ start but, McCullers all but shut down the M’s bat and oh, the wasted chances (lead-off triple in the first that doesn’t score and bases-loaded with no outs = no runs)
Mariners 2 | Astros 5
Tai had to come out of the game due to his previous foot injury, Monty filled in great but, bats were fairly non-existance
Mariners 8 | Astros 9
heart-breaker, down early, tied middle then a roller coaster till the bitter end
tweets of the series . . .
g81 | Have a night, Mike!
Welcome back to the bigs, ZU!!!
ON the MOUND
After cruising through THREE, James couldn’t quit get through SIX . . .
FIVE.TWO innings ~ NINE hits ~ FOUR runs (3 earned) ~ TWO walks ~ TWO strikeouts
- The Bartender (fresh up from Tacoma) got the final out of the 6th
- Nathan went THREE, allowed a TWO-run homer in the but, was credited with the save and preserved James’ second victory and the M’s series win!
AT the PLATE
Where do I start?!?
SIXTEEN hits (including NINE for extra-bases) and FIVE home runs (including TWO from ZU in his 2016 debut!!!!)
- So great to see ZU debut in a big way – hopefully the start of a very good thing!
- Nellie, Adam and Seth (third in a row!) had the other homers
- Kyle and Adam both had TWO doubles (and Adam was a triple short of the cycle!)
- Nice to see more walks (SEVEN) than strikeouts (FIVE)
- How ’bout Shawn?!? TWO hit, TWO runs, TWO walks
- Only ONE starter (Dae-Ho) was without a run scored
- Only ONE starter (Leonys) was without a hit (though he walked twice and scored once)
IN the FIELD
- Shawn with an error
- ONE dp turned (Kyle-Robbie-Adam)
tweets of the game . . .
https://twitter.com/ProspectInsider/status/749442662281801728
https://twitter.com/ProspectInsider/status/749475004329259008
g75| lookie here, a series win!
Home stand off to a good start, baby steps . . .
ON the MOUND
Nathan retired EIGHT straight to start the game . . .
then allowed a run w/TWO out in the 3rd and a THREE-run shot in the 5th (he just can’t seem to get over that 5th inning hump) but, tonight it was enough for the W . . .
FIVE innings ~ FOUR hits ~ FOUR earned runs ~ TWO walks ~ THREE strikeouts
AT the PLATE
TEN hits ~ all singles ~ FOUR walks
~ Leonys, Robbie and Adam all with multiple hits
~ Dae-Ho w/TWO RBI
~ Nellie, Kyle and Adam each w/ONE
IN the FIELD
Kyle again flashing the leather . . .
https://twitter.com/ProspectInsider/status/746928834738479104
tweets of the game . . .
g70-73 | spittin’ bristles in DEtroit . . .
I can’t even . . .
the story of this series was gettin’ ’em on, not gettin’ ’em in when it really counted . . .
FIVE fer THIRTY-THREE w/RISP 😦
and, to add insult to injury . . .
So, Adrian Sampson, called up to replace Wade Miley (who went on the DL earlier this month) didn’t get to make his second major leagues start, he experienced issues in his warm up in Detroit and now, is scheduled for elbow surgery 😦
tweets of the series . . .
g64-66 | of early leads, late losses, strikeout duels, bases-loaded walk-offs and finally – a win
salvaged!
g64 | Mariners 7 | Rays 8
w/ a 4-0 and 7-4 leads turning to a 7-8 loss – just not the pitchers’ day (hopefully Tai will be OK (left the game in the 4th) and the fielding didn’t help
g65 | Mariners 2 | Rays 3
Nathan had a nice outing (needed less pitches to go deeper) bp was great . . . till the 13th
g66 | Mariners 6 | Rays 4
great to see James with another solid outing, bats up and down the lineup and bp success
tweets of the series . . .
off to Boston they go . . .
g57-60 | splittin’ w/the Tribe
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 . . .
g54-56 | swept outta Arlington
that certainly didn’t go as planned or desired . . .
the first TWO games they were just out pitched (Karns and Walker w/season-worst starts) and out hit . . .
but, the third game was clearly a case of “where’s the DEE?” . . .
Kuma allowed a single to the first batter of the game and then proceeded to retire TWELVE straight. Unfortunately, he had to throw many extra pitches in the Rangers 5th where TWO of their THREE runs were UNearned (Sardinas and Romero each recorded key errors as well as UNrecorded faux paux that very likely made the difference between Kuma going NINE and getting a win and only going SEVEN and being tagged with the loss (Luis should have turned a DP to end the inning and later booted a ball, Romero also committed an error AND didn’t come up firing after fielding a fly ball, allowing the runner on 3B to score). Hurry back Ketel and Leonys!
tweets of the series . . .
g50-51 | mini-sweep (whisk?)
Would have been nice to get some of this pitching and hitting in the Twins series but, we’ll take it! In the mini two-game sweep, M’s outscored the Padres 25-7
ON the MOUND
Nate a l m o s t made it through SEVEN . . .
the Padres scored early but, they didn’t score often
SIX.TWO innings ~ EIGHT hits ~ TWO earned runs ~ ONE walk ~ SIX strikeouts
Bully . . .
Steve, Joaquin and Joel combined for the rest (Joel allowed a ONE run shot)
AT the PLATE
The M’s didn’t score early but, they did score often . . .
~ NINE total hits – FIVE for extra bases
~ Seth w/TWO doubles
~ Kyle and Dae-Ho w/homers
IN the FIELD
* couple of errors – one each by the starting battery
* DP turned (DH-O’Malley-DH)
ON the MOUND
Kuma was perfect through FOUR, not allowing his first hit until a lead-off single in the 5th. He managed to get out of that inning unscathed but, later allowed THREE homers before his outing ended . . .
SEVEN innings ~ FIVE hits ~ FOUR earned runs ~ ZERO walks ~ FIVE strikeouts
Bully . . .
Vidal and Monty combined for TWO scoreless innings 🙂
AT the PLATE
lots to smile about here . . .
~ every starter had at least ONE hit except Robbie (who walked THREE times)
~ FIVE starters had multiple hits (Nori, Seth, Nellie, Kyle, Adam)
~ FIVE homeruns (Kyle, Seth (2), Guti, Adam)
~ TEN walks
~ 5/8 w/RISP
~ odd – no doubles
IN the FIELD
ONE double-play (Kyle-Luis-Adam)
tweets of the series . . .
https://twitter.com/ProspectInsider/status/737763662581006337
g44-46 | every which way but loose . . .
Ho-Hum, just another series victory!
g44 Mariners 0 | Athletics 5
Enough hits (nine) but all singles and TWO errors by Taylor (who was brought up when Marte was placed on the DL)
g45 Mariners 6 | Athletics 5
Still need Nate to go longer but, Monty was AWESOME in relief! As for the bats . . .the hot stay hot and the late innings stay blistering! Robbie w/a TWO run shot in the 8th to bring the M’s to within ONE, Leonys with a TWO run shot to WIN it in the 9th
g46 Mariners 13 | Athletics 3
What series win would be complete without a blowout? Of course, then this is the time we get SEVEN strong from the starter (Kuma) but, we’ll take it (good to see Lind’s bat heating up)
tweets of the series . . .
Compass Rosy 