Game 75, Mariners at Padres
Meche v. one of my favorites, Jake Peavy. 7:05pm.
And speaking of favorites, Mike Cameron is batting leadoff and playing center for San Diego tonight.
Ichiro-Beltre-Lopez-Ibanez-Sexson-Johjima-Reed-Betancourt-Meche.
Game 74, Mariners at Dodgers
Felix v Lowe!
I wonder how much of the team’s interleague success is due to losing the DH.
Standard lineup of the last couple weeks: Ichiro/Beltre/Lopez/Ibanez/Sexson/Johjima/Reed/Betancourt
Game 73, Mariners at Dodgers
LHP Washburn versus Chaaaaaaaaaaaad Billingsley. 0-0 Billingsley will, as all random starters with no records do, stymie the M’s.
Lopez returns to the lineup:
RF-L Ichiro!
3B-R Beltre
2B-R Lopez
LF-L Ibanez
1B-R Sexson
C-R Johjima
CF-L Reed
SS-R Betancourt.
Mmmm. 7:10.
Game 71, Giants at Mariners
Hey, it’s Jamey Wright! One of those guys who makes you think “he’s still around?” every time you see his name on a lineup card (in Jamey’s case, this is partly because there were two Jamey Wrights for a while, and one of them is gone).
versus Jamie Moyer. Which spelling will prevail?
1:05.
RF-L Ichiro!
3B-R Beltre
LF-L Ibanez
1B-R Sexson
DH-S Everett
C-R Johjima
CF-L Reed
2B-R Bloomquist
SS-R Betancourt
Game 70, Giants at Mariners
RHP Jason Schmidt v RHP Gil Meche. Also DH Bonds v RHP Meche. 1:05, (vwhoosh!) on Fox (crash!) nationally (wheet! chick-chicka-chicka) which means the whooole country’s going to be checking this out. Good times.
Game 69, Giants at Mariners
Apologies for the delay. Let’s see how many pitches Noah Lowry can throw before getting an out.
Game 68, Mariners at Athletics
Washburn vs. Loaiza, 12:35pm.
Hey, glad I checked on the time of today’s game.
Should be a good chance to pick up a win — Loaiza might be a bit distracted, or at least tired, from his late night / early morning out yesterday. Also, he’s been awful this season.
Ichiro-Beltre-Lopez-Ibanez-Sexson-Everett-Johjima-Reed-Betancourt.
Game 67, Mariners at Athletics
Pineiro v Haren. 7:05, FSN. Nothing weird about the lineup, really.
The M’s have a chance today and tomorrow, when they’re up against the shockingly ineffective Esteban Loaiza, with Washburn pitching for the M’s. Oakland’s been almost as bad against lefties as the Mariners.
Everett option watch: about ~200 plate appearances before the option vests for next year.
Game 66, Mariners at Athletics
LHP Jamie Moyer v RHP Joe Blanton.
This series is going to be an interesting test. The M’s may have played better than their record, but if they want to move up in the division, they’re going to need to climb over the A’s and Texas. Getting wins here would be big. Can the pitchers continue their success against a team that so far is even worse offensively than the Twins? Can they keep hitting against a staff way, way better than Angels, the Royals, or the Twins?
Blanton vs the M’s so far this year: 2-0, 1.20 ERA, 15 IP, 9H, 0 HR, 1 BB, 8 K.
Moyer vs. the A’s so far: 0-2, 6.17 ERA, 11.2 IP, 17 H, 1 HR, 4 BB, 8 K.
Game 65, Mariners at Angels
12:35pm, FSN & KOMO. RHP King Felix Hernandez vs. RHP Jeff Weaver. Also, don’t look now, but the M’s have won seven of their past nine.
Weaver, as you may recall, signed really late in free agency, not inking with the Angels until mid-February. I thought he might be something of a steal, particularly on a one-year contract, but he’s been downright awful — 3-8, 6.39 ERA, 85 hits and 15 homers allowed in 69 innings.
Then you have King Felix, who has been unable to put together good back-to-back outings. He’s coming off a good one last time out (7 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K), so it’ll be up to him to establish some sort of momentum today.
Seattle: Ichiro-Beltre-Lopez-Ibanez-Sexson-Everett-Reed-Rivera-Betancourt
Anaheim: Figgins-Cabrera-Guerrero-Anderson-Morales-Rivera-McPherson-Molina-Kennedy