Sunday, May 02, 2004
WHIPPEES DO THE WHIPPING
Well, it was about time, wasn't it?
The Mariners finally scored a couple runs early and held on to the lead to win. Of course, it helped to have the lead get really big.
One question about this though...shouldn't the Mariners have saved a few runs for the homestand? This won't mean crap if they come home on Tuesday and score one run against the Twins. The Mariners haven't won consecutive games since the last game of the 4-game winning streak on April 20th, which brought them to 6-8. Of course, that was followed immediately by a 5-game skid.
The Mariners plated two in the first on back-to-back doubles by Bret Boone and Raul Ibanez. They drove the dagger in the 5th, plating four on a Scott Spiezio 2-run bomb and a John Olerud 2-run single.
From there, it was just a matter of protecting the lead, which Gil Meche did outside of the 2-run Tiger 5th. He threw 95 pitches in his 6 innings of work, striking out 4 and walking 3. The Mariner bullpen also managed to hold the lead which grew exponentially from four as the game went on.
On this day of fifth starters possibly on the edge, Gil Meche did well to keep his rotation spot, while Nate Cornejo probably punched his ticket to the bullpen.
Since I didn't track the game meticulously, there really isn't more to say. The Mariners scored early, played add-on, held the lead...they took care of business today. It's just a matter of maintaining momentum. Single wins are fine and dandy, but wake we when you start winning 7 of 8. That might actually get them close to .500. The sick thing is, the hole's big enough to where that kind of stretch can't put them OVER .500. This team's got their work cut out for them, no doubt about it.
Reason #45950 why I flip the radio on in the bottom of the 5th of every game: Dave Valle was saying Eric Munson's bat had really come alive and that he belted a home run into the bleachers in rightfield last night. He's not completely wrong; there definitely was a homer hit to rightfield off Franklin yesterday. It was hit by Greg Norton. I had forgotten to turn the radio on for some reason, and this just made me race toward it.
Gameball: Randy Winn. He had a fun time hitting in Detroit, going 3-for-5 today with a triple to add to his 2-for-4 game on Friday. After Friday, his batting average was .225. Today's outing puts it up to a bad-but-not-incorrigible .247.
Goat: Rich Aurilia. 0-for-4, stranding five. It has to be somebody, and Ben Davis' 0-for-5 would be a little too obvious. Besides, we're not expecting as much offensively out of Davis as much as we are with Aurilia.
Lohse. Moyer. Tuesday.
The Mariners finally scored a couple runs early and held on to the lead to win. Of course, it helped to have the lead get really big.
One question about this though...shouldn't the Mariners have saved a few runs for the homestand? This won't mean crap if they come home on Tuesday and score one run against the Twins. The Mariners haven't won consecutive games since the last game of the 4-game winning streak on April 20th, which brought them to 6-8. Of course, that was followed immediately by a 5-game skid.
The Mariners plated two in the first on back-to-back doubles by Bret Boone and Raul Ibanez. They drove the dagger in the 5th, plating four on a Scott Spiezio 2-run bomb and a John Olerud 2-run single.
From there, it was just a matter of protecting the lead, which Gil Meche did outside of the 2-run Tiger 5th. He threw 95 pitches in his 6 innings of work, striking out 4 and walking 3. The Mariner bullpen also managed to hold the lead which grew exponentially from four as the game went on.
On this day of fifth starters possibly on the edge, Gil Meche did well to keep his rotation spot, while Nate Cornejo probably punched his ticket to the bullpen.
Since I didn't track the game meticulously, there really isn't more to say. The Mariners scored early, played add-on, held the lead...they took care of business today. It's just a matter of maintaining momentum. Single wins are fine and dandy, but wake we when you start winning 7 of 8. That might actually get them close to .500. The sick thing is, the hole's big enough to where that kind of stretch can't put them OVER .500. This team's got their work cut out for them, no doubt about it.
Reason #45950 why I flip the radio on in the bottom of the 5th of every game: Dave Valle was saying Eric Munson's bat had really come alive and that he belted a home run into the bleachers in rightfield last night. He's not completely wrong; there definitely was a homer hit to rightfield off Franklin yesterday. It was hit by Greg Norton. I had forgotten to turn the radio on for some reason, and this just made me race toward it.
Gameball: Randy Winn. He had a fun time hitting in Detroit, going 3-for-5 today with a triple to add to his 2-for-4 game on Friday. After Friday, his batting average was .225. Today's outing puts it up to a bad-but-not-incorrigible .247.
Goat: Rich Aurilia. 0-for-4, stranding five. It has to be somebody, and Ben Davis' 0-for-5 would be a little too obvious. Besides, we're not expecting as much offensively out of Davis as much as we are with Aurilia.
Lohse. Moyer. Tuesday.
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