Game 6, Mariners At Rangers
Dave · April 6, 2011 at 10:11 am · Filed Under Mariners
Hernandez vs Wilson, 11:05 am.
Happy Felix Day!
The King takes the hill to try and help the team avoid a sweep and get back to .500. Not too many other guys you’d rather have in this situation, but for the team to win, they’ll have to hit C.J. Wilson – yes, another lefty. Man, am I sick of southpaws. Also, this team could really use a healthy Franklin Gutierrez and a RH 1B/3B/OF/DH type who can hit the ball 500 feet.
Ichiro, RF
Figgins, 3B
Bradley, LF
Cust, DH
Smoak, 1B
Wilson, 2B
Ryan, SS
Saunders, CF
Moore, C
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Ackley isn’t ready. I would bat Guti or Bradley second.
I just don’t think you can say that. Figgins is hitting something like .143/.136/.333 – in what sense does that say “leadoff hitter” to you?
Now what you CAN say with some authority is having a sucky hitter bat #2 after Ichiro hasn’t worked. 😀
In all fairness, Mitch Moreland looks like the second coming of Roy Hobbs right now. I could go for 5 Ranger errors about now.
Jordan-
Agreed, plus it’s not worth bringing him up yet, dollar-wise… But just pointing out that I think that’s where were headed by the end of the year.
“I believe Arthur Rhodes just retired the ‘meat’ of the Mariners order on 4 pitches.”
I think it’s more like fatty grisel.
Rick Banjo-
Yeah, I called Moreland the new Paul O’Neill on Monday (former legendary “Hall of Famer” whenever he played the Mariners)…
There’s even a picture of it at the top of this website!
Wabbles-
Smoak, Cust and Bradley should start a metal band called “Fatty Gristle”… (Horns held high…)
Ouch. I step away for two minutes and suddenly we’re down 6-3. Do I want to know what happened?
Good strategy by League. Get rid of those guys on base so he can pitch with a clean slate. I applaud his logic.
The bullpen makes me appreciate the starters even more.
Anyone else have that Lemonheads song “It’s a Shame About Ray” stuck in your head in the bottom of the 8th? Just me?
Well, okay, the results aren’t great, but bringing in League was the right way to go, right? Washington wouldn’t bring in Feliz in this situation…
All you need to know is “Nelson Cruz”.
Someday, we’ll be a winning enough team that we won’t need to count on “cross our fingers” guys like Brandon League, Michael Saunders, Jack Wilson, Adam Moore, Milton Bradley, et.al…
Maybe League just needs to remember he’s facing the Rangers and they don’t just let you throw a meaty pitch over the plate right off the bat and get away with it.
AssumedName: It’s a away game for Seattle. There might not a bottom 9th for us. I have no problem bringing the closer in this situation.
Moore hurts his knee. Helped off the field.
On the bright side though, having those type of guys means it’s not so devastating when they injure themselves and get replaced…
Okay, this is getting really ugly – and I’m just listening to it.
I’d expect to see Josh Bard in Seattle tomorrow, from the way it sounded.
Guh, what a s*** show.
Exactly! If we had Mauer behind the plate, we’d actually be pretty upset about this.
Good thing we have an awesome bullpen! 🙂
Paul B- I’d be cool with Bard coming up, if it means Baron moves up a level too from the chain reaction (to see how he does in high minor ball– or if Spring was just a fluke)…
I believe the proper light to cage this first week in, is something like: “I’ll be perfectly happy if we flirt with .500 on this first road trip, but come home 2-4”
(forcing a positive spin to come out my mouth)
Man, I almost forgot how bad this team was after the winter.
6 unearned runs (since Sunday) is NOT what I expect from this defense.
(Again, in my mind it’s MORE than that… via the Saunders misplay yesterday, and the fact that 1 of the 3 runs that came after Wilson’s botched double play today was counted as earned)…
Thank GOD this was not the opening day game… Deja Vu would be thick in the air right about now, if it had been. (With a 3 drink minimum)
They should never have told the team the season had started. We played better when the games DIDN’T count.
Could we pretty-please play the A’s again?
Bye all… I’ll be cheering ’em on from the stands Friday. C’mon, Vargas!
From the post game show “If the Mariners can’t figure out how to score some runs, it’s going to be a long year….”
Where have I heard this before? >.<
If the analysts can’t figure out how to say something interesting and non-obvious, it’s going to be a long year…
News sources reporting Wilson did not get hurt. Was removed from the game.
Good for Wedge. I know sucking and screwing up has been the status quo, but that doesn’t mean it needs to be accepted going forward.
Baker has Wilson saying he agreed with the decision to pull him. “I wasn’t getting it done.”
How’s that for a breath of fresh air among the “blame everyone but myself” attitudes we’ve seen the last couple of years (I am looking at you, Carlos Silva)?
I wonder if there are no treats available in the clubhouse after a loss…
Just rolled up newspapers and the threat hanging in the air of someone’s nose getting rubbed in it.
Yes the newspaper spankings can hurt. That would also be a good reason to avoid losing
For what it’s worth, I enjoy listening to Ron Fairly and I’m glad he’s back this year. He has a great voice, does a good job and I, for one, like it when he talks about his playing days.
Is ihatefiggins.com/org taken? Might have to stop by Godaddy later.
Maybe the Indians will do in a pinch?
Speaking of Carlos Silva, I had to smile when I read this a couple weeks ago. Cubs GM Jim Hendry on Carlos Silva: