I wish the Mariners gave Ca Seung Baek a chance in real life.
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I wish the Mariners gave Ca Seung Baek a chance in real life.
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June 200543-34 2nd Place AL West 11.5GB Texas 4GB Boston for AL Wild Card
Its not that we played bad this month. We were 15-11 in June, it was that Texas and Boston played better. Texas went 21-6 and Boston went 17-8. It looks like this season is slipping away from us. Luckily, we get the Rangers from the 1st to the 3rd and they play Boston right after that. If things to right, we can make up serious ground in either race. I'm not quite sure if I want to make a move at the deadline as I do not want to give up the prospects to get them.
Jason Bay and Tony Clark are still struggling to hit over the Mendoza Line. They have both hit 15 homers each so I'm not too worried but I may be towards the deadline. Carl Crawford was struggling in his second season in the bigs so we sent him back down to AAA to hone his skills. We called up Prince Fielder to see what he can do. Bay will play left field and Clark will DH, leaving Fielder to play first. We hope Fielder will supply us with the power we need. We decided to keep Zimmerman back as Theirot is still playing well. Zimmerman could be called up in August or September to help in the stretch run.
We called down the struggling Bobby Livingston to AAA and called up Ryan Rowland-Smith as we thought he was ready. Rowland-Smith will start against the Rangers on the 3rd in the place of Travis Blackley. Blackley is now the long man. J.J. Putz and Matt Capps seem to keep on struggling for some reason. They had good seasons the year before so I'm not sure what's going on. I guess we will have to see if we need to trade for an arm later during the season.
Stats:
Code:2005 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Suzuki, Ichiro SEA 77 .328 332 109 19 3 4 27 40 22 15 47 41 .440 .383 Bay, Jason SEA 77 .209 297 62 18 0 15 34 65 1 0 45 47 .421 .301 Lopez, Jose SEA 72 .300 283 85 18 3 8 9 38 5 1 33 40 .470 .326 Guillen, Carlos SEA 74 .331 281 93 23 4 5 34 46 4 4 39 51 .495 .403 Crawford, Carl SEA 71 .243 247 60 12 5 2 18 39 23 9 34 19 .356 .294 Clark, Tony SEA 71 .232 246 57 7 0 15 24 72 0 1 37 42 .443 .312 Theriot, Ryan SEA 73 .301 236 71 21 1 0 25 39 15 5 45 20 .398 .367 Johjima, Kenji SEA 64 .268 235 63 7 0 7 10 24 0 0 27 32 .387 .305 Reed, Jeremy SEA 54 .237 224 53 16 4 0 23 43 3 3 31 33 .344 .305 Mackowiak, Rob SEA 46 .280 107 30 7 0 1 11 24 2 2 12 18 .374 .350 Wilson, Dan SEA 18 .250 64 16 3 0 1 2 9 0 0 8 8 .344 .273 Burke, Chris SEA 35 .186 59 11 2 0 0 7 15 2 3 3 4 .220 .269 Snelling, Chris SEA 15 .164 55 9 2 0 0 7 12 1 1 6 2 .200 .266 Morse, Mike SEA 12 .306 36 11 4 0 0 2 11 0 0 7 5 .417 .342 Patterson, John SEA 2 .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Taveras, Willy SEA 1 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Baek, Cha Seung SEA 2 .500 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 Nageotte, Clint SEA 2 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Madritsch, Bobby SEA 2 .000 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 Blackley, Travis SEA 1 .333 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 Sherrill, George SEA 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000Code:Code:2005 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Baek, Cha Seung SEA 109.1 2.72 16 16 9 1 0 87 33 9.22 Madritsch, Bobby SEA 99.2 3.25 16 16 5 3 0 67 29 10.57 Patterson, John SEA 97.0 3.34 15 15 7 2 0 86 29 9.74 Blackley, Travis SEA 95.2 4.05 15 14 4 5 0 49 29 11.20 Nageotte, Clint SEA 92.2 3.01 14 14 7 5 0 60 20 10.10 Soriano, Rafael SEA 53.2 3.52 34 0 3 4 0 48 24 10.90 Capps, Matt SEA 43.1 4.98 38 0 2 6 3 36 17 11.22 Sherrill, George SEA 39.0 3.92 37 0 2 3 3 41 15 12.69 Thornton, Matt SEA 31.1 1.44 22 0 1 0 0 33 12 9.48 Putz, J.J. SEA 29.0 5.59 29 0 2 4 11 37 16 15.21 Livingston, Bobby SEA 17.2 8.66 6 2 1 1 0 12 5 16.81
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Blackley, Ethier and Narveson Shipped to Detroit.
GM Edgar Martinez made a deal with the Tigers just hours before the deadline. He send pitchers Travis Blackley, Chris Narveson and outfielder Andre Ethier to the Detroit Tigers for pitcher Felix Hernandez. "The Tigers called up Felix too fast so we pretty much gave them two starters to stop using Felix," said Martinez. Felix Hernandez, 18, already has 8 MLB starts under his belt. The Mariners plan to send him to AA to master his pitches and maybe come back up in a few years. Blackley and Narveson were dispensable as Seattle has 5/6 starters that are under team control for 3-6 years and did not want to waste talent in the minor leagues.
Trade Overview
SEA gets:
Felix Hernandez 18 (68/98)
DET gets:
Travis Blackley 22 (88/96)
Chris Narveson 23 (84/95)
Andre Ethier 22 (79/90)
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July 200558-45 2nd AL West 8.5GB Texas 2nd AL Wild Card 2GB Boston
Well, it looks like the West is out of view for us with the Rangers having such a great lead. The Wild Card seems like the only way to go. We know we can catch Boston but we do not get to play them the rest of the year so we are gonna have to catch on fire.
We sent Prince Fielder back down to AAA as we thought he wasn't quite ready yet. He is still eligible for rookie considerations next year. First baseman Tony Clark hurt himself and we called Carl Crawford back up to take his spot. Carl will start in left field again and Jason Bay will be the DH. Bay and Clark have started to hit better and got their averages up to the .230s. We never talk about Ichiro but he's having a great year. He's been a great leadoff man as he has gotten base 36% of the time. Dan Wilson broke his ankle and may be out for the rest of the year. We called up Rene Rivera to take his spot.
Cha Seung Baek was our only All-Star rep and got the final two outs in the fourth but gave up 2 runs. Our rotation has been great this year and will be even better when Joe Saunders comes back in 9 days. Saunders will be the 5th man in the rotation and Ryan Rowland-Smith will be the long man out of the pen. J.J. Putz still hasn't figured it out and I'm starting to worry. A few more bad outings and I may have to put Matt Capps as closer and may even have to send J.J. down to AAA. Right now, I have so much pitching that I don't know what to do about them.
Stats:
Code:2005 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Suzuki, Ichiro SEA 103 .301 438 132 22 5 6 39 58 31 16 63 52 .416 .362 Bay, Jason SEA 102 .236 381 90 25 0 22 48 83 2 0 62 68 .475 .331 Lopez, Jose SEA 95 .296 379 112 23 6 9 12 49 5 1 44 59 .459 .318 Guillen, Carlos SEA 98 .329 377 124 30 5 6 39 61 5 5 50 59 .483 .391 Clark, Tony SEA 96 .235 340 80 11 0 21 34 101 0 1 47 59 .453 .315 Reed, Jeremy SEA 80 .248 318 79 20 4 1 26 59 3 5 41 43 .346 .305 Johjima, Kenji SEA 86 .283 311 88 11 0 7 13 31 1 0 35 42 .386 .321 Theriot, Ryan SEA 96 .300 310 93 30 2 0 28 45 19 6 56 27 .410 .360 Crawford, Carl SEA 71 .243 247 60 12 5 2 18 39 23 9 34 19 .356 .294 Mackowiak, Rob SEA 58 .294 136 40 9 0 1 12 31 3 2 17 19 .382 .358 Fielder, Prince SEA 26 .198 81 16 4 0 1 17 19 2 0 10 5 .284 .350 Wilson, Dan SEA 21 .211 76 16 3 0 1 2 11 0 0 8 8 .289 .241 Burke, Chris SEA 43 .178 73 13 2 0 0 8 19 3 3 5 4 .205 .265 Snelling, Chris SEA 15 .164 55 9 2 0 0 7 12 1 1 6 2 .200 .266 Morse, Mike SEA 18 .308 52 16 4 0 0 2 14 0 0 9 7 .385 .333 Taveras, Willy SEA 2 .167 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 .167 .250 Rivera, Rene SEA 2 .167 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .167 Patterson, John SEA 2 .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Baek, Cha Seung SEA 2 .500 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 Nageotte, Clint SEA 2 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Madritsch, Bobby SEA 2 .000 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 Hernandez, Felix SEA 2 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Sherrill, George SEA 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000Code:2005 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Baek, Cha Seung SEA 143.0 2.45 21 21 13 2 0 118 43 9.88 Patterson, John SEA 137.0 3.09 21 21 11 4 0 121 44 9.66 Madritsch, Bobby SEA 136.0 2.78 21 21 9 4 0 97 43 10.46 Nageotte, Clint SEA 123.2 3.35 19 19 9 7 0 77 25 10.12 Soriano, Rafael SEA 62.2 3.45 41 0 3 5 0 57 30 11.49 Capps, Matt SEA 59.0 3.81 51 0 2 7 4 50 23 10.83 Sherrill, George SEA 49.2 3.26 46 0 2 3 3 53 19 11.42 Hernandez, Felix SEA 46.1 5.63 8 8 1 5 0 41 15 14.37 Thornton, Matt SEA 38.1 1.88 27 0 1 0 0 40 18 10.10 Putz, J.J. SEA 35.0 5.40 36 0 2 5 16 40 18 14.14 Rowland-Smith, Ryan SEA 30.1 4.75 5 5 1 2 0 16 18 14.24 Livingston, Bobby SEA 17.2 8.66 6 2 1 1 0 12 5 16.81
Hail to the king, baby.
Oh boy, Bobby Livingston and Matt Thornton lol.
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August 200580-52 2nd Place AL West 2.5 GB Texas 1st Place AL Wild Card 4 Games ahead Boston
Wow, what a great month. We were 22-6 and gained ground on Texas and blew by Boston in the Wild Card. Looks like we are playoff bound and we could still win the division. We have 7 games left with Texas and those are critical if we want to take the West.
Jason Bay is on fire. He raised his batting average 20 points in August and hit 11 homers as well. He is starting to show why we traded for him in the winter. Ryan Theriot continues to be impressive out of the nine hole. With the promotion of Ryan Zimmerman, Theriot may be traded in the winter. He should pull in a great bounty. Reed and Crawford are both hitting in the .250's and something is wrong here. It could just be a Sophomore slump so lets hope for the best next year. We have alot of players eligible for arbitration for the first time this offseason. We are gonna have to shell out some money now.
Joe Saunders finally got off the DL after 15 months and has started 4 games. Other than one start, he has played real well. Could be the X-factor heading to the playoffs. We were finally fed up with closer J.J. Putz and sent him to the DL with "suck". We called up Mark Lowe to take his spot and he has done well. To fill Putz' roll as closer, we have used Matt Thornton, Matt Capps and George Sherrill in a closer by committee type of thing.
Stats:
Code:2005 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Suzuki, Ichiro SEA 132 .313 575 180 29 6 7 42 71 43 18 84 70 .421 .362 Lopez, Jose SEA 124 .300 507 152 27 6 11 16 72 6 1 70 80 .442 .323 Guillen, Carlos SEA 127 .327 498 163 40 7 9 55 84 8 7 71 81 .490 .395 Bay, Jason SEA 131 .255 491 125 29 2 33 73 110 4 2 92 99 .523 .358 Reed, Jeremy SEA 109 .255 432 110 27 6 1 38 77 5 6 58 53 .352 .314 Johjima, Kenji SEA 114 .288 430 124 15 0 11 17 41 1 0 52 65 .400 .328 Theriot, Ryan SEA 125 .301 408 123 32 4 1 38 54 24 7 72 40 .407 .366 Clark, Tony SEA 111 .238 400 95 17 0 21 42 121 0 1 53 68 .438 .320 Crawford, Carl SEA 100 .256 355 91 14 9 5 26 52 27 12 55 37 .389 .305 Mackowiak, Rob SEA 66 .295 139 41 9 0 1 13 32 3 2 17 21 .381 .361 Fielder, Prince SEA 26 .198 81 16 4 0 1 17 19 2 0 10 5 .284 .350 Wilson, Dan SEA 21 .211 76 16 3 0 1 2 11 0 0 8 8 .289 .241 Burke, Chris SEA 49 .187 75 14 2 0 0 8 20 4 3 5 5 .213 .279 Clement, Jeff SEA 14 .214 56 12 4 0 0 6 11 1 0 5 10 .286 .297 Snelling, Chris SEA 15 .164 55 9 2 0 0 7 12 1 1 6 2 .200 .266 Morse, Mike SEA 19 .302 53 16 4 0 0 2 14 0 0 9 7 .377 .327 Rivera, Rene SEA 3 .100 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .100 .100 Taveras, Willy SEA 2 .167 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 .167 .250 Patterson, John SEA 2 .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Baek, Cha Seung SEA 2 .500 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 Nageotte, Clint SEA 2 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Madritsch, Bobby SEA 2 .000 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 Hernandez, Felix SEA 2 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Sherrill, George SEA 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000Code:2005 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Baek, Cha Seung SEA 181.1 2.63 27 27 16 3 0 136 50 9.58 Madritsch, Bobby SEA 175.0 2.98 27 27 12 5 0 123 57 10.59 Patterson, John SEA 171.0 3.11 26 26 14 4 0 144 55 9.53 Nageotte, Clint SEA 157.1 3.60 25 25 12 8 0 98 33 10.13 Capps, Matt SEA 79.0 3.42 66 0 2 8 4 67 28 10.37 Soriano, Rafael SEA 75.2 3.57 52 0 3 5 1 75 41 11.78 Sherrill, George SEA 66.0 2.86 61 0 5 3 3 77 32 12.14 Thornton, Matt SEA 56.0 2.41 43 0 3 2 6 60 22 10.29 Hernandez, Felix SEA 46.1 5.63 8 8 1 5 0 41 15 14.37 Rowland-Smith, Ryan SEA 45.1 4.57 8 7 3 2 0 28 21 13.50 Putz, J.J. SEA 38.1 5.40 40 0 2 5 19 42 20 14.32 Saunders, Joe SEA 24.2 4.38 4 4 2 1 0 18 4 12.04 Livingston, Bobby SEA 17.2 8.66 6 2 1 1 0 12 5 16.81 Lowe, Mark SEA 12.1 2.92 6 0 1 0 0 3 2 11.68
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September/October 200597-65 2nd AL West 5GB Texas AL Wild Card Champions
We did it, we made the playoffs. We were worried for a while as we started to lose some games in the middle of the month and Boston started to win some games. Actually at one point, Boston was one game ahead of us. But we caught back up to them and on October 2nd or the 161st game, we clinched the Wild Card. We will play the Minnesota Twins in the ALDS.
While looking at our lineup, I realized we had a few breakout seasons that really helped us win the Wild Card. Second basemen Jose Lopez hit 12 homers and drove in 101 runs while batting second; I find that quite impressive. Catcher Kenji Johjima hit .275 with 13 homers while calling great games. And I also liked Rob Mackowiak. He was our primary left handed bat and played 5 different positions. Kudos to all the players mentioned.
Our pitching is surly our strength. We led the Majors in ERA and our rotation is stacked. Our four starter, Clint Nagotte, is 14-11 with a 3.54 ERA. That's good enough to be a ace or two starter on most teams. Our pen has been alot better since we took J.J. Putz out. Matt Capps has been a decent closer and guys like Thornton, Soriano and Sherrill make that bridge that much stronger. Mark Lowe, the guy that replaced Putz, has been playing well as well. He could be this years version of Matt Capps.
Stats:
Code:2005 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Suzuki, Ichiro SEA 162 .311 704 219 35 10 8 55 78 56 23 106 85 .423 .363 Lopez, Jose SEA 154 .288 629 181 34 7 12 22 87 8 1 83 101 .421 .313 Guillen, Carlos SEA 157 .323 616 199 49 8 13 71 102 10 10 91 96 .492 .396 Bay, Jason SEA 161 .248 609 151 40 2 39 90 141 8 2 112 121 .512 .350 Reed, Jeremy SEA 139 .244 545 133 33 7 1 47 99 7 10 67 60 .336 .304 Johjima, Kenji SEA 144 .275 545 150 18 0 13 20 59 1 1 62 73 .380 .318 Clark, Tony SEA 140 .243 511 124 22 0 27 56 155 0 1 66 89 .444 .325 Theriot, Ryan SEA 155 .286 504 144 34 4 1 47 64 31 9 87 47 .375 .352 Crawford, Carl SEA 130 .276 471 130 27 14 7 27 69 34 12 72 55 .437 .313 Mackowiak, Rob SEA 78 .292 144 42 9 0 1 14 35 3 2 17 21 .375 .360 Fielder, Prince SEA 30 .184 87 16 4 0 1 17 21 2 0 10 5 .264 .330 Burke, Chris SEA 58 .175 80 14 2 0 0 8 20 4 3 5 5 .200 .264 Wilson, Dan SEA 21 .211 76 16 3 0 1 2 11 0 0 8 8 .289 .241 Snelling, Chris SEA 25 .185 65 12 3 0 0 7 16 1 1 8 3 .231 .270 Clement, Jeff SEA 15 .211 57 12 4 0 0 6 11 1 0 5 10 .281 .292 Morse, Mike SEA 21 .302 53 16 4 0 0 2 14 0 0 9 7 .377 .327 Taveras, Willy SEA 6 .400 10 4 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 4 .600 .417 Rivera, Rene SEA 9 .100 10 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .100 .182 Patterson, John SEA 2 .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Baek, Cha Seung SEA 2 .500 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 Nageotte, Clint SEA 2 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Madritsch, Bobby SEA 2 .000 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 Hernandez, Felix SEA 2 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Zimmerman, Ryan SEA 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Sherrill, George SEA 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000Code:2005 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Baek, Cha Seung SEA 215.0 2.64 32 32 17 5 0 156 61 9.75 Patterson, John SEA 208.1 3.15 32 32 16 5 0 173 67 9.63 Madritsch, Bobby SEA 199.2 3.52 32 32 12 6 0 139 71 11.49 Nageotte, Clint SEA 198.1 3.45 31 31 14 11 0 125 42 10.26 Capps, Matt SEA 103.0 3.15 82 0 4 10 5 89 39 10.05 Soriano, Rafael SEA 93.0 3.00 65 0 6 5 2 89 46 10.74 Sherrill, George SEA 81.1 3.65 75 0 5 4 10 91 40 12.84 Rowland-Smith, Ryan SEA 69.1 4.28 14 9 6 2 0 48 26 12.46 Thornton, Matt SEA 68.2 2.23 56 0 5 2 6 75 26 10.22 Saunders, Joe SEA 61.2 4.23 10 10 4 3 0 43 14 11.97 Hernandez, Felix SEA 46.1 5.63 8 8 1 5 0 41 15 14.37 Putz, J.J. SEA 39.1 5.26 41 0 2 5 20 44 21 14.19 Lowe, Mark SEA 20.0 3.15 11 0 1 0 0 8 5 13.95 Livingston, Bobby SEA 18.2 8.68 7 2 1 2 0 12 5 16.39
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Playoff Preview: Twins v Mariners
Minnesota Twins
102-60 AL Central Champions
Lineup
1. 2B Luis Rivas (.248 ave. 22 SB)
2. LF Michael Ryan (.319 ave. 21 HR 79 RBI)
3. 1B Todd Sears (.298 ave. 15 HR 88 RBI)
4. DH David Ortiz (.273 ave. 38 HR 104 RBI)
5. RF Sammy Sosa (.282 ave. 40 HR 123 RBI)
6. 3B Russell Branyan (.266 ave. 34 HR 86 RBI)
7. CF Chris Richard (.259 ave. 18 HR 73 RBI)
8. C Brandon Inge (.234 ave. 16 HR 55 RBI)
9. SS Dennis Hocking (.288 ave. 205 AB)
Pitching
Rotation
1. Brad Radke (21-7 3.01 ERA)
2. Kyle Loshe (16-7 4.15 ERA)
3. Eric Milton (10-11 4.67 ERA)
4. Johan Santana (2-4 5.63 ERA)
Mopup. Scott Baker (1-4 5.97 ERA)
Bullpen
Jesse Crain (3-7 3.30 ERA 4sv.)
Matt Guerrier (3-1 4.48 ERA 4 sv)
Jack Cressend (0-0 2.25 ERA)
Byung-Hyun Kim (10-0 3.62 ERA)
Travis Harper (1-0 4.40 ERA)
Kevin Frederick (1-0 1.80 ERA)
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Mariners Lose Game 1
Back in the playoffs for the first time since the magical 2001 season, the Seattle Mariners lost their first game to the Minnesota Twins by the score of 10-2. The Mariners scored one run in the first but Minnesota came back and scored 3 in the first, two in the second and one in the third. They added two more runs in both the sixth and seventh and Seattle scored one more in the ninth. The Twins had 3 RBI singles in the first and a Luis Rivas two run homer in the second. After another run scored in the third, Cha Seung Baek was pulled and Mark Lowe came in to pitch. He pitched well, giving the M's two and a third of shutout ball. During all this time, Brad Radke of the Twins pitched 8 innings of 1 run ball and got the win for the Twins. The Mariners will try and win game two tomorrow. It will be John Patterson going for the M's and Kyle Loshe for the Twinkies.
Code:Seattle Mariners at Minnesota Twins October 4, 2005 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Mariners (SEA) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 0 Twins (MIN) 3 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 x 10 13 0 SEATTLE ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg I. Suzuki (RF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311 J. Lopez (2B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 C. Guillen (SS) 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .323 J. Bay (DH) 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .248 T. Clark (1B) 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 .243 K. Johjima (C) 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .275 J. Reed (CF) 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 .244 C. Crawford (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .276 R. Theriot (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 TOTALS 35 10 1 2 1 2 7 0 2B: C. Guillen, J. Bay HR: T. Clark SEATTLE ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA C. Baek 2.2 5 2 1 6 5 4 60 2.64 M. Lowe 2.1 1 2 0 0 0 3 45 3.15 G. Sherrill 1.0 4 0 0 2 2 1 38 3.65 M. Thornton 0.0 2 0 1 2 2 0 9 2.23 R. Soriano 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1 35 3.00 TOTALS 8.0 13 5 2 10 9 9 187 MINNESOTA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg L. Rivas (2B) 5 2 0 3 1 2 0 2 .248 M. Ryan (LF) 5 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 .319 T. Sears (1B) 5 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 .298 D. Ortiz (DH) 3 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 .273 S. Sosa (RF) 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .282 R. Branyan (3B) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 C. Richard (CF) 4 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 .259 B. Inge (C) 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 .234 D. Hocking (SS) 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .288 TOTALS 37 13 5 10 2 10 9 3 2B: D. Ortiz, T. Sears 3B: C. Richard HR: B. Inge, L. Rivas MINNESOTA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA B. Radke 8.0 9 0 0 1 1 5 95 3.01 B. Kim 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 2 23 3.62 TOTALS 9.0 10 1 1 2 2 7 118 WP: B. Radke LP: C. Baek
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M's Win in 12
In a long pitching duel between the Mariners and Twins, the Mariners finally prevailed in the 12th inning to beat the Twins 2-1. Both starters John Patterson and Kyle Loshe pitched into the 8th inning and only gave up 1 run each. Seattle scored their first run of the game in the top of the first with a Jason Bay single to center that scored Jose Lopez from second. Minnesota scored in the fifth on a Dennis Hocking single to left which scored Brandon Inge from second. But after 10 innings of scoreless ball for the M's, Tony Clark blasted a 2-0 pitch from Jesse Crain deep to left center for the go-ahead home run. George Sherrill pitched a scoreless 11th and 12th to get the win. The series is tied up at 1 and is moving to Seattle for two games. Game three will be between Eric Milton and Bobby Madritsch.
Code:Seattle Mariners at Minnesota Twins October 5, 2005 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E Mariners (SEA) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 Twins (MIN) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 SEATTLE ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg I. Suzuki (RF) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .311 J. Lopez (2B) 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .288 C. Guillen (SS) 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .323 J. Bay (DH) 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .248 T. Clark (1B) 5 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 .243 R. Mackowiak (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 K. Johjima (C) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .275 J. Reed (CF) 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .244 C. Crawford (LF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .276 C. Burke (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .175 R. Theriot (3B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 TOTALS 42 6 2 2 1 2 10 2 HR: T. Clark SEATTLE ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Patterson 7.1 6 1 0 1 1 9 119 3.15 M. Thornton 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 19 2.23 M. Capps 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 3.15 G. Sherrill 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 3.65 TOTALS 12.0 6 3 0 1 1 11 197 MINNESOTA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg L. Rivas (2B) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .248 M. Ryan (LF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .319 T. Sears (1B) 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .298 D. Ortiz (DH) 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 .273 S. Sosa (RF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .282 R. Branyan (3B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .266 M. Restovich (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .317 L. Rodriguez (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 C. Richard (CF) 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .259 B. Inge (C) 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .234 D. Hocking (SS) 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .288 TOTALS 41 6 3 1 0 1 11 0 2B: B. Inge MINNESOTA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA K. Lohse 8.0 4 1 0 1 1 5 96 4.15 M. Guerrier 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 4 32 4.48 J. Crain 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 25 3.30 TOTALS 12.0 6 2 1 2 2 10 153 WP: G. Sherrill LP: J. Crain Temperature: 43F Wind: None (Domed Stadium) Attendance: 48,678 Time: 3:35
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M's One Game Closer to ALCS
Your Seattle Mariners are one game closer to moving on to the ALCS with a 2-0 win over the Minnesota Twins in game 3 of the ALDS. They now lead the series 2-1. This was a pitching duel throughout the game. The game was broken open in the bottom of the eighth with back to back home runs by Carl Crawford and Ryan Theriot, the eight and nine batters. Matt Thornton had pitched a scoreless eighth to gain the win and Matt Capps came in in the ninth and got the save. But most of the work was done by starter Bobby Madritsch. He pitched seven scoreless inning and gave up eight hits and two walks. He still found ways to get out of his jams. Props to the Twins starter Eric Milton. He pitched 7 2/3 innings and got the loss. Still a great game for Milton.
Code:Minnesota Twins at Seattle Mariners October 7, 2005 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Twins (MIN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 Mariners (SEA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 x 2 5 0 MINNESOTA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg L. Rivas (2B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248 M. Ryan (LF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .319 T. Sears (1B) 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298 D. Ortiz (DH) 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .273 R. Branyan (3B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 C. Richard (CF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 M. Restovich (RF) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .317 B. Inge (C) 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .234 J. Morneau (PH) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 L. Rodriguez (SS) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .250 TOTALS 32 8 3 0 0 0 3 1 MINNESOTA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA E. Milton 7.2 5 4 2 2 2 7 114 4.67 M. Guerrier 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.48 TOTALS 8.0 5 4 2 2 2 7 121 SEATTLE ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg I. Suzuki (RF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .311 J. Lopez (2B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 C. Guillen (SS) 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .323 J. Bay (DH) 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .248 T. Clark (1B) 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .243 R. Mackowiak (1B) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 K. Johjima (C) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .275 J. Reed (CF) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .244 C. Crawford (LF) 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .276 C. Burke (LF) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .175 R. Theriot (3B) 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .286 TOTALS 26 5 4 2 2 2 7 0 2B: J. Reed, C. Guillen HR: R. Theriot, C. Crawford SEATTLE ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA B. Madritsch 7.0 8 2 0 0 0 2 128 3.52 M. Thornton 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 2.23 M. Capps 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 3.15 TOTALS 9.0 8 3 0 0 0 3 148 WP: M. Thornton LP: E. Milton SV: M. Capps Temperature: 35F Wind: None (Roof Closed) Attendance: 42,000 Time: 2:45
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M's Move On, Face Yanks Next
The 2005 season just keeps on going for these Mariners. Tonight, they beat the Twins 6-4 to move on to the ALCS. The game started well as rookie Clint Nageotte took the mound for Seattle. After giving up a run in both the first and second, he settled down and pitched 7 innings. We got one back in the bottom of the second with a RBI triple by Jeremy Reed. Things were quiet until the bottom of the seventh when Kenji Johjima blasted a two run homer run to right to give us the lead. With our solid bullpen, we thought we had this game. But Matt Thornton, who has been used in every game so far, came in and just unfolded before our eyes. After giving up a single and then getting the next two outs, we thought we were out of it. Then Thornton walked Russell Branyan and then Chris Richard had a two run double down the left field line give the Twins a one run lead. That lead would not last for long as we came back in the bottom of the eighth. After getting the first two runners on, Jason Bay had a single to center to drive in a run and then Rob Mackowiak, who came in for Tony Clark in the top of the eighth, drove a double down the left field line to score Carlos Guillen and Jason Bay. Matt Capps then came in and shut down the Twins in the ninth. We face the New York Yankees next in the ALCS. Can the Mariners get to their first World Series?
Code:Minnesota Twins at Seattle Mariners October 8, 2005 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Twins (MIN) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 9 0 Mariners (SEA) 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 x 6 8 0 MINNESOTA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg L. Rivas (2B) 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .248 M. Ryan (LF) 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 .319 T. Sears (1B) 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .298 D. Ortiz (DH) 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .273 R. Branyan (3B) 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 .266 C. Richard (CF) 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .259 M. Restovich (RF) 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .317 B. Inge (C) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .234 J. Morneau (PH) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 R. Bowen (C) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 L. Rodriguez (SS) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 TOTALS 34 9 6 4 0 4 8 1 2B: M. Ryan, C. Richard, T. Sears 3B: L. Rivas MINNESOTA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Santana 6.1 5 2 1 3 3 4 101 5.63 J. Cressend 1.0 3 1 0 3 3 0 23 2.25 M. Guerrier 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.48 TOTALS 8.0 8 3 1 6 6 4 130 SEATTLE ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg I. Suzuki (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .311 J. Lopez (2B) 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .288 C. Guillen (SS) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .323 J. Bay (DH) 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 .248 T. Clark (1B) 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .243 R. Mackowiak (1B) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .292 K. Johjima (C) 4 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 .275 J. Reed (CF) 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .244 C. Crawford (LF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 C. Burke (LF) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .175 R. Theriot (3B) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .286 TOTALS 31 8 3 6 1 6 4 0 2B: J. Reed, R. Mackowiak 3B: J. Reed HR: K. Johjima SEATTLE ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA C. Nageotte 7.0 6 3 0 2 2 5 105 3.45 M. Thornton 0.2 2 1 0 2 2 1 21 2.23 R. Soriano 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 3.00 M. Capps 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 2 18 3.15 TOTALS 9.0 9 6 0 4 4 8 154 WP: R. Soriano LP: J. Cressend SV: M. Capps Temperature: 33F Wind: None (Roof Closed) Attendance: 42,000 Time: 3:00
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it's a fun dynasty to read. I have always secretly liked the Mariners, my favorite team in the AL West, that is probably because of Griffey though too and the 90's
Jesus is Our Savior
ALCS Preview: Mariners vs. Yankees
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Lineup:
This really isn't that fair. Its a good thing that they are missing Jason Giambi due to injury. That was another 30 homers.
Pitching:
They are stacked with starting pitching. They have their rotation plus 4 more starters in the pen. In a long game, I think they have the advantage.
Unapologetic Dodger Fan
it seems to me that the good teams are heavily stacked. like, unrealistically.
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