Game 135, Mariners at Angels

Jeff · September 3, 2005 at 6:04 pm · Filed Under Game Threads 

In the interests of promptness, here’s a game thread for tonight’s tussle, Ryan Franklin (6-14, 5.34) versus Jarrod Washburn (7-8, 3.26). I have a sensitive stomach, so I’m going to see Son Volt instead.

Tom Huytler on the pre-game show: “Ryan Franklin’s on a roll … and not the good kind.”

Just call him butter. Rancid butter.

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181 Responses to “Game 135, Mariners at Angels”

  1. RickL on September 3rd, 2005 9:57 pm

    That was a Bloomquistian double.

  2. mZak on September 3rd, 2005 9:57 pm

    Nice execution by the M’s this inning. Morse, Ojeda, Reed and Ichiro. Now that’s baseball.
    And you can add Dobbs to it.

  3. RickL on September 3rd, 2005 9:58 pm

    I still want a squeeze.

  4. DC Mariner on September 3rd, 2005 9:58 pm

    Maybe theyll trade their Santana to us for Morse to fill their defensive void in CF

  5. Ace of Spades on September 3rd, 2005 9:58 pm

    Reed would’ve had that.

  6. RickL on September 3rd, 2005 9:58 pm

    RAUUUUUL Again!

  7. David J Corcoran on September 3rd, 2005 9:58 pm

    Crap. Now it’s not a save situation so Thornton’ll pitch.

  8. DC Mariner on September 3rd, 2005 10:00 pm

    And you just know enough runners will reach to have Vlad up with 2 outs and men on

  9. mZak on September 3rd, 2005 10:00 pm

    ……and because it’s not a save situation he’ll probably do OK.

  10. ray on September 3rd, 2005 10:00 pm

    Didn’t someone mention earlier that Ichiro needed a day off? How how about Dobbs with that sweet swing — oh baby I’ m being sacarstic (about Dobbs).

  11. ray on September 3rd, 2005 10:02 pm

    I’m surprised they got to Shields

  12. RickL on September 3rd, 2005 10:02 pm

    Please, Grover, give up the DH and put Ibanez in left for the bottom of the ninth.

  13. RickL on September 3rd, 2005 10:05 pm

    161. Me too. They stopped swinging at his sinker (except for Sexson who continues to look like he needs a day off worse than Ichiro. Maybe his eye is blurry again).

  14. David J Corcoran on September 3rd, 2005 10:05 pm

    Oh good, DH gone. Thanks Dobbs!

  15. Dave in Palo Alto on September 3rd, 2005 10:06 pm

    Watching Dobbs and Morse, who are, after all, outstanding athletes, play the outfield is a good reminder of how hard it is to play that position, and how skilled the MLB outfielders really are.

  16. RickL on September 3rd, 2005 10:06 pm

    If Guardado allows a run, does it become a save situation?

  17. MSH on September 3rd, 2005 10:08 pm

    That was close…

  18. Allen on September 3rd, 2005 10:08 pm

    Sexon needs a day off. Doubt Hargrove is smart enough to recognize that however.

  19. DC Mariner on September 3rd, 2005 10:12 pm

    SC just showed a racecar pulling out of the pit and running over one of his crewmen in front of the car. He bounced off the hood and under the tires. ESPN decided to show it like 4 straight time. Ughhhh

  20. RickL on September 3rd, 2005 10:13 pm

    Eddie hasn’t been very good for the last month or so.

  21. ray on September 3rd, 2005 10:14 pm

    If Eddie allows another run, I’d say he has the same problem as last year.

  22. ray on September 3rd, 2005 10:16 pm

    Good job Eddie. Now A & G are coming up. I think he wants to turn it into a save situation to pad his number of saves. Seriously, Grover better get someone to warm up now.

  23. msb on September 3rd, 2005 10:17 pm

    he hasn’t actually *been* in a save situation since the middle of August. He’s only come in to pitch because he’s needed to pitch.

  24. RickL on September 3rd, 2005 10:17 pm

    171. I think his rotator cuff is shot. Good thing it wasn’t a save situation.

  25. ebbnflow on September 3rd, 2005 10:17 pm

    Just an fyi – it’s not a save situation if he -himself- puts the tying runners on…

  26. ray on September 3rd, 2005 10:17 pm

    All the more to pad his numbers to catch up to the leaders. JK

  27. ebbnflow on September 3rd, 2005 10:19 pm

    haha…well, then he just padded his numbers going in the ~wrong~ direction.

    I vote for him just being rusty. He’s been pretty nails in actual save situations!

  28. ray on September 3rd, 2005 10:21 pm

    Wow, so I think this is three straight games where Eddie has allowed at least a run. I’d say he is done for the year and the M’s are going to have to think about next year: Can he do it again or will the problem get worse. I’m sure Eddie will elect not to have surgery again.

  29. msb on September 3rd, 2005 10:24 pm

    actually its not. He pitched a clean 9th on thursday against the Yankees.

  30. msb on September 3rd, 2005 10:45 pm

    to be specific, Eddie’s pitched in 46 games, & made 29 out of 31 save opportunities. Ag 9th he got his 28th save against the Twins, the next night was his 2nd blown save. Ag 16th was his 29th, Ag 20 (with an 8-2 lead) he gave up a run, Ag 20th (with an 8-1 lead) he gave up a run, Ag 26th coming into a 5-2 loss just to get an inning he gave up a run, Sep 1 with a 5-1 lead he pitched a perfect 9th.

    all this made me wonder just who are the saves leaders… it’s Wickman & Mo tied in the AL and of all people, Chad Cordero in the NL for the Nats.

  31. Deanna on September 4th, 2005 10:43 am

    It’s pretty funny catching up on this thread to get an idea of how the M’s game went last night, and see that last comment – since I was at the Phillies-Nats game last night and saw Cordero spectacularly blow a 4-1 game save with back to back jacks for Ryan Howard and (!) David Bell. Nats won in 12 innings, but still. Bell’s homer almost went into the upper deck at RFK.

    They all yell “c’mon, Chief!” when Cordero pitches; I said something about Freddy Garcia being the Chief and a minute or two later, those home runs happened. Maybe I jinxed him…