sellout crowd disappointed . . .

Mariners 1 | Angels 2

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ON the MOUND

awesome pitching – unfortunately, the Halos TWO runs were all they needed . . .

  • Marco’s only struggle was in the 3rd: 6IP-3H-2R-2ER-2BB-5SO
  • Sadler: scoreless 7th (of course!) 7th
  • Sewald: scoreless 8th (including a strikeout of Otahni)
  • Castillow + Misiewicz = scoreless 9th

AT the PLATE

0-7 w/RISP, pretty much tells it all . . .

  • Toro singled w/TWO outs in the 2nd and Kelenic drove him in with a double for the first M’s run
  • huge opportunity in the 7th: Torrens led off with a triple, Toro walked but, the next three batters struck out in order
  • Kyle lead off the 9th with a double but then a ground out, popup, fly out

IN the FIELD

  • DP (Crawford-Toro-France)

tweets of the game . . .

more tweets than usual – couldn’t watch because, as of TODAY, Root Sports is no longer on DISH couldn’t be WORSE timing to lose the local sports broadcast 😦 😦 😦

Unfortunately, it didn’t give the right way . . .

e . l . e . v . e . n straight vs the A’s

it just continues . . .

Mariners 4 | Athletics 2

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ON the MOUND

  • Anderson getting the call on his bullpen day: 4IP-2H-1R-1ER-0BB-2SO
  • Misiewicz+Sadler combine for TWO scoreless (Sadler’s 1.1 marked a 26-game scoreless streak – most in the bigs, Mariners record)
  • Castillo gives up an “own” run (committed an error that allowed the lead off man aboard who would eventually score)
  • Sewald 1.1 super scoreless
  • Steckenrider: allows a lead-off single, then retires the side in order (including 2 K’s) for his 12th S

AT the PLATE

  • Crawford and Torrens each w/multiple hits (JP with TWO doubles)
  • Fraley, Haniger, Murphy all make their ONE hit count (2-run double, solo shot, rbi single respectively)
  • FIVE walks (none scored – total of TEN left on base)

IN the FIELD

  • TWO errors (Toro, Castillo)
  • awesome OA (Haniger to Crawford)

tweets of the game . . .

have a night, Hanny!

M’s now 10 straight wins vs the A’s

Mariners 13 | Athletics 4

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ON the MOUND

  • Flex flexin’ that K muscle (just too many pitches to go deep): 5IP-7H-4R-4ER-3BB-6SO
  • not to worry . . . Sadler+Doolittle+Ramirez+Andriese = not only combined for FOUR scoreless innings, they were FOUR HITLESS innings

AT the PLATE

just a tad to see here . . .

  • top of the order (Crawford, France, Haniger) combined for: 8H-9R-11RBI
  • bottom of the order (Kelenic, Murphy, Moore) combined for” 2H-3BB-5R
  • Mitch with, not ONE, but TWO THREE-run home runs!!!!!!
  • believe it or not, there was only on other extra-base – France double

IN the FIELD

  • no DP’s turned (one against)
  • solid D as usual

tweets of the game . . .

and they did it!
this is NOT a duplicate tweet 😉

it just continues . . .

THIRTY-THIRD ONE-RUN VICTORY!!!

Mariners 6 | Angels 5

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ON the MOUND

  • Logan kept ’em in it: 5.1IP-5H-4R-4ER-3BB-4SO
  • Misiewicz gave up a run but the rest (Smith, Steckenrider, Sewald) posted ZEROS
  • and, Sewald escapes a bases-loaded jam (AGAIN!) to earn his 11th S

AT the PLATE

  • Crawford, France, Torrens w/TWO hits each
  • France w/THREE RBI, Haniger w/TWO Torrens w/ONE
  • France w/his 18th homer

IN the FIELD

No errors or DPs

tweets of the game . . .

s w e e e e p!

first time EVER the M’s have swept a four-gamer in Oakland!

Mariners 6 | Athletics 5

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ON the MOUND

  • able to overcome another extremely short outing by Kikuch (3IP and 3ER)
  • bullpen stupendous, combining for 2ER over SIX innings

AT the PLATE

  • A’s scored early, M’s scored in the middle, went ahead and made it last
  • only SEVEN total hits but, FIVE for extra-bases
  • doubles by Toro and Raliegh
  • homers by Raliegh, Haniger and Torrens

IN the FIELD

ONE error (France)

tweets of the game . . .

sweet victory on the road . . .

and still giddy about the awesome, exciting news at home!

Mariners 6 | Royals 2

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ON the MOUND

  • Flexen a l m o s t a QS but, the W is what matters: 5.2IP-6H-1R-1ER-2BB-3SO
  • more what we are used to from the pen: ONE run in THREE innings (Smith, Steckenrider, Sewald, Castillo)

AT the PLATE

  • the star of the game = Jarred with TWO 2-run homers
  • JP and Luis each added a tally via a force out and a single respectively
  • FOUR walks (one of which scored)
  • and a HBP (who else? Ty) that also scored

IN the FIELD

  • JP was CS
  • TWO DPs (Seager-Toro-France; France)

tweets of the game . . .

well then, some lofty praise, right there!

Houston, we have a heartbreaker

Mariners 4 | ‘stros 5 (in 10)

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ON the MOUND

  • Gilbert: 4.1IP-6H-2R-2ER-1BB-5SO
  • the bullpen of Misiewicz, Sadler, Steckrider, Castillo posts 3.2 scoreless innings
  • but the normally stellar Sewald gives up the tying run in the 9th to send it to extras
  • and Ramirez gives up the game-winning hit (an RBI double) in the 10th

AT the PLATE

Only EIGHT total hits but, it looked like the FOUR runs m i g h t be enough . . .

  • Crawford w/a TWO-run, TWO out double to tie it in the 5th
  • Seager w/a solo shot gave the M’s the lead in the 6th
  • Torrens with and RBI single in the 9th (what we hoped would be an insurance run)

IN the FIELD

scary moment – error charged to Kelenic when he collides w/Bauers who had the ball in his glove (they are both OK)

tweets of the game . . .

short, sweet sweep!

Mariners 5 | Athletics 1

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ON the MOUND

an extremely rare (for the M’s anyway) TWO pitcher game . . .

  • Flexen: 6.2IP-6H-1R-1ER-1BB-5SO
  • Steckenrider: 2.1-2H-0R-0ER-0BB-1SO

AT the PLATE

ELEVEN total hits . . .

  • every batter but one had at least ONE hit (Mitch who walked twice)
  • bottom of the order delivering: Torrens, Murphy, Kelenic and Moore combining for SEVEN hits and all FIVE rbi

IN the FIELD

  • ONE error (Seager)
  • TWO DP’s (Crawford-Seager-France, Crawford-Toro-France)

tweets of the game . . .