8/26/10 Pineda Day Thread
Comcast 179, Rainiers vs. Beavers, 7:05 pm PDT. On the pregame show, some guy said that PGE Park was better for dog racing than it ever was for baseball. Huh.
2B Ackley
3B Mangini
LF Carp
1B Smoak
RF Winfree
SS Hulett
DH B. Nelson
CF Halman
C Alfonzo
Pennant race baseball, right in your backyard. Former M’s prospect Jeff Heaverlo joins Curto in the booth.
Game 112, Royals at Mariners
RF Ichiro!
2B Figgins
1B Kotchman
DH Branyan
CF Gutierrez
3B Lopez
C Bard
LF Langerhans
SS Jo. Wilson
The repeat of Friday’s lineup last night yielded one of the most boring games in recent memory. This one has Saunders still out and Bard taking over for Moore, because Moore’s stiff back is apparently worse than Bard’s stiff neck.
The news for today is that Shawn Kelley is out for the rest of the season. Divish says that there was no stress fracture, but exploratory surgery will be needed at the very least, while Larry Stone quotes Wak in saying he could be ready in spring training or he could be out a year. So, Schrödinger’s Elbow basically, and we’re just waiting on the wave function to collapse. Nothing new here, no sir.
More positive news is that Wak, in spite of various managerial flaws, is still kind of cool. This is important for the team going forward.
LHP Jason Vargas vs. RHP Kyle Davies. There’s a non-zero chance we could win this one.
Game 111, Royals at Mariners
Last night’s lineup was surprisingly successful, so the M’s are running it out for a second time. Of course, Saunders is also still being held back and certain positions lack better options. Quiet, you.
RF Ichiro!
2B Figgins
1B Kotchman
DH Branyan
CF Gutierrez
3B Lopez
C Moore
LF Langerhans
SS Ja. Wilson
RHP David Pauley faces off against LHP Bruce Chen.
Game 88, Yankees at Mariners
Last game before the All-Star Game, which COUNTS this time and yet still doesn’t really matter all that much for us.
RF Ichiro!
2B Figgins
CF Gutierrez
3B Lopez
1B Kotchman
DH Smoak
C Bard
SS Jack Wilson
LF Saunders
Saunders ninth again. Also I bet you thought we were done seeing Kotchman. Think again.
Hyphen vs. Sabathia. Hyphen has a good recent history against the Yankees, and Ichiro and Death to Flying Things have hit Sabathia in the past. Baseball!
If this game ends up going awry, you could also tune into the Futures Game, where Alex Liddi and Carlos Peguero will be hitting 4-5 in the World lineup. Game time on that is 3pm PDT.
Game 87, Yankees at Mariners
Second to last game before the All-Star Break. Happy Felix Day to one and all.
RF Ichiro!
2B Figgins
DH Branyan
3B Lopez
CF Gutierrez
1B Smoak
LF Saunders
C Johnson
SS Jack Wilson
P Felix
Luke French was sent back to the minor leagues after last night’s game to clear room for Smoak. I wouldn’t expect French to pitch in the Triple-A All-Star Game after four innings last night.
Fun fact: Smoak and Saunders trail only Detroit’s Brennan Boesch for home runs among AL rookies. And we’re going to have the opportunity to see both in the heart of the order for years to come! Today is a good day.
Game 86, Yankees at Mariners
After all that, we still have baseball to play. You kids like baseball, right?
RF Ichiro!
2B Figgins
DH Branyan
3B Lopez
CF Gutierrez
1B Kotchman
LF Saunders
C Johnson
SS Jack Wilson
P Pauley
We thought we were going to see Pineda vs. Lee tonight. That’s a good one!
Saunders moves up in the order again, so for those of you keeping track at home it’s Bard/Josh Wilson > Saunders > Johnson/Jack Wilson. It’s important to know these things.
This promises to be a thrilling game of competitive, closely played baseball. Anything could happen!
Pineda/Rainiers Game Thread, 6/28/10
Since Tacoma is having issues with their radio stream, you can tune into the Sacramento River Cats feed, where Curto is co-broadcasting with Sacramento’s usual guy.
What you’ve missed:
Rainiers taking a lead a two-run shot by Tui.
The first inning: Pineda striking out leadoff man on six pitches, then fly out, and then another strikeout on seven pitches.
Lineup:
SS Woodward
LF Tuiasosopo
1B Nelson
RF Winfree
DH Carp
C Moore
2B Hannahan
CF Halman
3B Mangini
P Pineda!
Game 69, Reds at Mariners
RR-S vs. Harang after a couple of hard acts to follow.
RF Ichiro!
2B Figgins
DH Bradley
3B Lopez
CF Gutierrez
SS Josh Wilson
1B Carp
C Alfonzo
LF Saunders
Jack Wilson was activated today, after a Tacoma stint where he was hitting pretty well and was even attempting to steal a few bases. Now the Mariners are going to have to decide whether to play him or occasionally intriguing Josh Wilson and oh my goodness this is one of the more interesting things we have to talk about regarding this team. Tui goes back to Tacoma to work more on defense or something.
We also found out today that Ian Snell has cleared waivers and accepted his outright assignment to Tacoma. A guy that once struck out 177 in 208.0 innings while running an ERA+ of 116 for the Pirates is now roughly on the same level of Jesus Colome and every other reclamation project we had in the past year or so that didn’t pan out. At least we still have Aardsma, right?
Josh Bard has also been seen rehabbing for Tacoma. This is probably good news.
Game 67, Reds at Mariners
And what will the Reds fans do now that Griffey is gone?
Lee vs. Cueto, 7:05 pm PDT
RF Ichiro!
2B Figgins
DH Bradley
3B Lopez
CF Gutierrez
SS Josh Wilson
1B Carp
C Johnson
LF Saunders
Jose Lopez, our #4 hitter is batting .231/.242/.354 this month, with most of his hits coming in the early part of June. I am strangely numb to such revelations about our lineup. That Carp is hitting ahead of Saunders just seems funny to me at this point. Hey, Divish says we could activate Sweeney if he feels good after batting practice tonight. Baseball!
Cueto is better than his ERA would lead you to believe. This year, he’s cut the rate at which he’s been giving up home runs to three-quarters what it was last season. He’s also striking out more and giving up fewer walks. Sure, he’s no Cliff Lee, but a pitcher doesn’t have to be to get through our hitters.
Rainiers Game Thread, 6/17/10
Got to do something on the off day, right? Why not listen to Mike Curto? Game starts at 6:05 pm.
LF Ezequiel Carrera
SS Jack Wilson
1B Brad Nelson
DH Tommy Everidge
2B Jack Hannahan
CF Gregory Halman
C Guillermo Quiroz
RF Mike Wilson
3B Matt Mangini
P Andy Baldwin
That’s a different looking lineup. Mainly for Mangini being so low, and also the Jack Wilson factor.
Some minor league notes:
* 6th-round pick C Keanu Carmichael signed for $150k a day or two ago.
* Adam Moore’s rehab stint has been shut down.
* LHP Mauricio Robles gave up four runs in the first inning of a game against Chattanooga. The Diamond Jaxx are two games out of first with three left to play in the half.
* The Aquasox start their season in Salem-Keizer tomorrow.