06/23/11 30-Second Recap

M's 0 - Nationals 1

Mariners lose. No, they didn't lose. They flew majestically through the air, made a spectacular loop-de-loop, took a crap mid-flight, and ended up crapping onto their own head. Michael Pineda was great tonight (after a slow start, this whole not warming up thing...no me gusta) going 7 innings with 9 Ks and 1 BB, giving up 0 runs. Chris Ray gave up the only run of the game in the 9th to lose it. No, saying he lost it doesn't give adequate blame to the offense. Stupid. Only bright spot was Smoak who went 2 for 3 with a walk. F&*#, even PINEDA got a hit.

*sigh*

The frustration stems from 3 straight games of 1 run losses. All three very winnable. Against the Nationals. Without Strasberg or anyone else notable. Just...lame. Welcome back, sub-.500.

(37-38)

06/19/11 30-Second Recap

M's 2 - Phillies 0

The Mariners take the series in dramatic fashion with a Jason Vargas complete game shutout over the Phillies. Vargas K'd 6, BB'd 2 and out-dueled Cole Hamels. Ackley tripled, Ichiro and Smoak had two hits apiece, and Mike Carp got pinch-hit for in favor of Adam Kennedy. Nice win, congrats to Vargas. Happy Father's Day to me!

(37-35)

06/11/11 30-Second Recap

M's 1 - Tigers 8

Mariners lose as Michael Pineda had his second hiccup on the year. Although he went 5.1 innings with 4 K's and only 1 BB, not a bad line for a bad outing, he was hung with 5 earned runs and 1 unearned run by the time he hit the showers in the 6th. Ichiro went 2 for 4 with a triple after his off day. The rest of the team's hits came from Smoak, Carp, and Halman, pretty much who you'd expect right now.

(33-32)

Of note, not only have the Rangers had the same game result as the Mariners for the past 7 games, they lost today 8 to 1. Copycats!

06/10/11 30-Second Recap

M's 3 - Tigers 2

Ichiro was benched for the first time in 255 games today. Chone Figgins hit in the leadoff spot. He responds by going 2 for 4 including a double. Smoak homered but Peguero, starting in right field in place of Ichiro, was the offensive star today with a walk, a triple, and a homerun. Bedard goes 5 innings, K's 6, BB's 3, and shook Gimenez off alot tonight. Bedard is picky about his catchers, I'm surprised that the manager was able to Wedge him in there. Humor! League with a nail-biting save but the entire bullpen effort was, once again, nails.

(33-31)