Game 105, Mariners at Orioles
DMZ · July 31, 2006 at 3:25 pm · Filed Under Game Threads
Game 1: Can the M’s beat the Orioles?
Game 2: Can the site hold up?
4:05, FSN.
Mariners:
RF-L Ichiro!
2B-R Lopez
3B-R Beltre
LF-L Ibanez
1B-R Sexson
DH-R Perez
C-R Johjima
SS-R Betancourt
CF-R Jones
Pitching, Gil “The New and Improved” Meche
For Baltimore:
2B Roberts
LF-L Fahey
3B-R Mora
SS-R Tejada
DH-L Gibbons
1B-R Conine
CF-L Patterson
C-R Hernandez
RF-L Markakis
and pitching, Adam Loewen.
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191
Excellent point about “Everett Syndrom.” LOL
Its not that Mateo can’t throw a scoreless inning. Many times he actually does. Its like with Everett, he doesn’t know when to quit. With a bunch of lefties coming up he lets Mateo pitch to one, instead of being grateful he got a good inning…and sure enough…GOOD BYE BASEBALL, and THEN Sherrill comes in. Since Sherrill was apparently just one “mistake” from coming in, why not put him in to face Markadis too?
Grover just doesn’t believe in a short enough leash. He seems more of a “close the barn door when the horse is out” type of manager.
And two outings ago? Already deleted it off of my tivo, but I noticed it last week and then a couple days back he pounded the strike zone with fastball, fastball, fastball. I was clenching my teeth waiting for either a splitter or a home run, and neither came. I’m not going crazy…am I?
ahhhh. wander away to check on the Aged P., and 4 happy runs are added.
What a night at the plate for Lopez and Betancourt. (God, that sounds like Rizzs). With the latter, we knew he looked like Omar Vizquel in his prime defensively, but who would have thought he would hit over .300?
#200: here’s a haiku:
Mateo needs this
two or three good out pitches
and he’ll be useful
First installment of a running commentary on our DH production post-Carl…
.250 .368 .438
The Sexson/Johjima power explosion has rendered me docile and unemotional to Beltre’s strikeout.
206. Beats the hell out of Carl.
if we knew meche would only go five being spelled by Mateo with beltre and ichiro going a combined 0 for 8, would we predict the Ms would be up 5?
also nice to turn the tv back on & see Benuardo chatting…
Hargrove puts Fruto in so Putz has a chance at a save.
For some reason, this team just seems to hit relievers way better than starters lately. Just like in Cleveland on Sunday. Maybe were just better late in the game.
FWIW, with a five run differential is the time I’d rather see Mateo work out his kinks and face lefties (if he must). But it worked out alright as Sherrill/Lowe are money as always. Hard to believe Sherrill wasn’t even “allowed” to pitch in the majors for a majority of last year.
202
Crazy like a fox!
Your 2nd sentence in post 124 makes you sound darn near prophetic
For some reason, this team just seems to hit relievers way better than starters lately. Just like in Cleveland on Sunday. Maybe were just better late in the game.
Or the pitchers are worse.
Everybody in the league fattens their stats on the soft underbelly of middle relief.
There’s a reason the Bostons and New Yorks of the world build their lineups with patient hitters who boost the pitch count, make the pitchers throw hittable strikes, and get the starter out of the game early.
ah, an ice cold towel.
from a DC friend tonight, who didn’t really appreciate the ‘hot enough for you’ question … “temps for mid-week are pegged at 104 with a heat index of 110-111, maybe highter since we might also get a thunderstorm or two.”
The thing that’s annoying me, even though he kinda got away with it, is that Hargrove left Broussard on the bench when a righty was pitching to Perez – clearly, he’s just not going to use his platoon properly, except (maybe) in the 8th and 9th. Admittedly, we’re currently stuck with Dobbs instead of Snelling if they bring in a lefty, but I’m pretty sure that’s not why he’s not doing it.
Truism: Leadoff walks always come around to score. Sigh.
211: You are proving prophetic!
A great win. I think this team has a chance 🙂
As a matter of fact, he DOES hit that ball a country mile! 🙂
Oh well, so much for positive thinking 😉 Sac fly instead, oh well… no more save situation, Fruity or no Fruity!
Poster 220 has self-image issues. We should all be encouraging to her(him?).
Hargrove: Damn it, we need to get a save for Putz and we’ve already used Mateo.
Chavez: We could always go to Woods in the ninth.
Hargrove: Genius!
Nick Markakis always makes me think of the radio comedian Parkyakarkas, aka Harry Einstein, the father of one Albert Einstein, who changed his name to Albert Brooks when he went into show business….
your official useless fact of the day.
Fernando Tatis: Like Ron Hassey, will live on forever as a pub quiz question.
Woods seems to really be improving as the year goes on. Maybe he’s someone we could use in middle innings when they’re multiple lefties up and its too early for Gorgeous George. (Or in other words, as an alternative for Mateo in the 5th or 6th).
I admit it, I like the Corona seaside commercials. No dialog!!
Lopez looks alot more focused the last couple of games and that double play at the end of the game was great.
The Twins are beating the Rangers 15-1. Unless the Rangers suddenly become the 2001 Indians, I think it’s safe to say that by the end of the day we’ll be in third place.
Nice four-pitch inning by Jake Woods. I hope Fat Fruto was watching that.
193 JeffS said “Hey guys, who are we rooting for in the A’s – Angles series?”
I’m undecided which team to root for, but I am hoping for
some key injuries on each side…
im rooting for the angels because we can’t beat the A’s
Back from the game. So freakin hot and muggy. At least the lukewarm expensive beer helped quell a bit of the heat, or make me numb enough not to notice. A few observations:
1. Watching Perez leg out his double was like watching old Edgar leg one out. Perez is ssslllloooowwww.
2. Joh looked good behind the plate. Somewhere in there (3rd inning??? I think) Meche barked at him a bit. Don’t know what about. Anybody know why?
Good call, 232.
re: 232
You should also root for all the Angels/A’s games to go deep into extra innings…wear the pitchers down.
I wanted to watch the A’s/Angels game, but the Angels broadcast crew is so grating I couldn’t take it. And I’ve built up a pretty heavy immunity from all these years of watching M’s games.
Are the mariners for real? I think they finish 10 back of anaheim.
Yes, because the Angels are so much better.
As far as A’s-Angles, I’m rooting for a complete 180. Ba dump.
Clearly rooting for the Angels, for the reason cited above, and also due to the simple fact that the A’s are further ahead of us right now.
Game summary haiku:
New late-game power
Unexpected but welcome
Like Hendu struck dumb.
Congrats on keeping the server up. Your hard work paid off for today.
I love BBTN– when discussing what Texas did today, we learn that apparently the rest of the AL West “sleptwalked” up to the trading deadline…
ah me, and accidently tuning in the end of the KJR postgame/evening show with Sandmeyer, who thinks that Sexson is more than fulfilling his contract, but man, Beltre, they have just got to cut the ties with him, lose that contract, lose him, he’s never going to come around, he isn’t worth what they are paying him, it is time to say goodbye, especially as the Mariners are obviously willing to move him & his salary if they were dealing with the Padres like that well-known baseball figure Hacksaw Hamilton told him almost got done.
sigh.
10 back of those Angels? You are crazeeee
#241. I love BBTN, too — NOT! Actually, when they discussed Texas’ moves, they segued right in to how it was a “3 team race” and how competitive the A’s and Angels will be going down the stretch and how Vlad Guerrero will have to pick it up for his team.
No mention of that other team, now in 3rd place and lurking only 3.5 games out of first place.
And in their “Web Gems” they featured Grady Sizemore, mentioning only at the last that “oh, the Mariners won that game 10-5” without any Mariners highlights.
ESPN and BBTN in particular have degraded into a slick-paged ad-filled magazine of a sportsnetwork…sorta like ESPN:The Magazine, come to think of it.