Game 129, Mariners at Twins
Hernandez vs Hendriks, 5:05 pm.
Happy Felix Day!
On a day to day basis, baseball is fairly unpredictable. The spread in talent even between good and bad teams is small enough that the result of any match-up can go either way without it being too much of a surprise. The Astros have beaten the Rangers this year. They’ve beaten the Nationals too. They won two out of three from the White Sox. The Astros are baseball’s very worst team, and they’ve got a bunch of wins against playoff teams. On any given day, any team can beat any other team.
That said, this is a game the Mariners really should win. The difference in quality of pitchers is astounding, with Felix being among the very best in the game and Liam Hendriks being among those who are never mentioned as being the very best in the game. The Mariners are a better team than the Twins even without considering the pitching match-ups, but when it’s Felix vs Hendriks, the odds move pretty significantly to the Mariners side.
So, yeah, losing three one run games in Chicago? I’m okay with that. Losing tonight would be a bit more of a letdown, though. This is one they should win, and probably win pretty easily.
Ackley, 2B
Glass, CF
Seager, 3B
Montero, DH
Jaso, C
Smoak, 1B
Thames, RF
Robinson, LF
Ryan, SS
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Well, that was stupid.
Hard for me to tell what happened there. Was it a tag-up, or a base-running error?
Guti decided to tag up and try for third after Montero’s fly out to center field.
There were two outs already – it was a bad percentage play without a whole lot of potential payoff.
BUT WE WON!! So all is forgiven… (well, not really – it was still a dumb move by Guti)
Add another complete game to Felix’s resume. Gotta feel for Hendriks a bit. We’ve been on that side of the fence plenty-o-times.
Push for that Cy Young Felix!!