Tuesday, June 08, 2004
THE JET
[Edit Tue ~9:59a -- To answer the question you're sure to have, yes, I did make the post title based on that other (probably incorrect) pronunciation of "Nageotte." This is one of those deals where we need Clint to step up to a microphone and set the record straight.]
Score early and hang on. It's been a large part of the Mariners' winning ways in most of their run of contention over the past few years, but has shown up very rarely this season. Of course, if your pitching staff throws a shutout, it helps a lot too.
Clint Nageotte mercifully broke the completely meaningless same-five-guys-starting-on-the-mound streak with six fairly wild innings. However, all the wildness did not amount to any runs, a surprising thing considering the Mariners' usual run of luck this season.
The Mariners' three-run third made for their highest-scoring first inning this season. They scored their three runs all with one out, on a walk and four straight singles (surprise). The Mariners played a tiny bit of add-on, as Rich Aurilia doubled home Jolbert Cabrera with two out in the 3rd, and Scott Spiezio homered in the 5th. According to Bob Melvin after the game, Spiezio was celebrating the wrap of the first Sandfrog music video. I haven't heard more than five consecutive seconds, but I'll go on a limb and say Sandfrog sounds as easy on the ears as Alanis Morissette on four days of no sleep. As a weirdly placed aside, four of the Mariners' 11 hits were singles.
Let's see how many blown scoring chances the Mariners had tonight, because let's face it, it's always fun.
1st inning
Okay, it's splitting hairs here, but with three runs already in and runners on first and second with one out, Cabrera whiffed and Aurilia flew out. However, the Mariners did chase Brandon Duckworth from the game. Duckworth's ERA went WAAAAAY UP!! OH, HEMOGLOBIN!!! Okay, I just bit an old Craig Kilborn line from SportsCenter. Sue me. I'll say it: SportsCenter hasn't seen more than two anchors better than Craig Kilborn since he left to host The Daily Show long ago.
2nd inning
First and third with one out. Randy Winn gets caught stealing. Edgar walks, then John Olerud hits into a 4-6 fielders' choice.
4th inning
Ichiro leads off with a double. Winn flies out, Edgar whiffs, Olerud bounces out to third.
7th inning
The Mariners load the bases with one out against Ricky Stone. Cabrera bounces one back to Stone on the mound, who forces Olerud out at home. Rich Aurilia takes a 1-1 pitch in the dirt which gets by former Mariner farmhand Raul Chavez. Chavez recovers the ball in time to nail Bret Boone coming in from third.
Back to Nageotte, his outing today was positively non-Mecheriffic. No major blowups, no appearances of mental breakdown, no speculation from the booth over whether his mechanics were off...all in all a nice break that I'm sure all Mariner fans were getting sick and tired of going through every five days. The FSNNW crew spotted Nageotte talking with Price in the dugout and appearing to get some treatment on a finger injury on his throwing hand. Niehaus was thinking it might be a blister, but apparently it was a cuticle. Nothing major. Getting a blister in your first Major League start would reeeally suck. A cause to raise the eyebrows came about when Bob Melvin trotted Nageotte out there for the 6th with his pitch count at 98. Luckily, Nageotte only had a nine-pitch 6th inning and wasn't extended like Joel Pineiro or Ryan Franklin have been recently. The kid's young; you don't want to bust his arm, or go nuts like the instance in Jeremy's post three below this one. Nageotte struck out eight and walked three, which contributed along with six hits to ramping up his pitch count.
How about that Julio Mateo? He got called on tonight and threw the final three innings for a cheap save. This was his 5th straight outing without giving up a run. That span totals out to 10 2/3 innings with five hits, three walks, and eight strikeouts.
The Mariners got one. They more than likely won't tomorrow, and they'll look to Freddy Garcia on Wednesday in the rubber game against Wade Miller. Until then, enjoy the Rocket.
Gameball: Julio Mateo. I rattled off his stats and his stretch above of late, but since everyone would probably give Scott Spiezio props for his 3-for-3 with a homer (but no groceries for the chosen sweepstakes contestant), I went with Julio.
Goat: Jolbert Cabrera. One day after drawing the walk-off walk, he goes 0-for-4, strikes out once, and strands six. Looks like there's a Jol in that swing tonight, eh?
Clemens. Pineiro. Tomorrow.
[Edit Tue ~2:15a -- The word "their" wasn't originally in the first paragraph. Might have screwed somebody up.]
Score early and hang on. It's been a large part of the Mariners' winning ways in most of their run of contention over the past few years, but has shown up very rarely this season. Of course, if your pitching staff throws a shutout, it helps a lot too.
Clint Nageotte mercifully broke the completely meaningless same-five-guys-starting-on-the-mound streak with six fairly wild innings. However, all the wildness did not amount to any runs, a surprising thing considering the Mariners' usual run of luck this season.
The Mariners' three-run third made for their highest-scoring first inning this season. They scored their three runs all with one out, on a walk and four straight singles (surprise). The Mariners played a tiny bit of add-on, as Rich Aurilia doubled home Jolbert Cabrera with two out in the 3rd, and Scott Spiezio homered in the 5th. According to Bob Melvin after the game, Spiezio was celebrating the wrap of the first Sandfrog music video. I haven't heard more than five consecutive seconds, but I'll go on a limb and say Sandfrog sounds as easy on the ears as Alanis Morissette on four days of no sleep. As a weirdly placed aside, four of the Mariners' 11 hits were singles.
Let's see how many blown scoring chances the Mariners had tonight, because let's face it, it's always fun.
1st inning
Okay, it's splitting hairs here, but with three runs already in and runners on first and second with one out, Cabrera whiffed and Aurilia flew out. However, the Mariners did chase Brandon Duckworth from the game. Duckworth's ERA went WAAAAAY UP!! OH, HEMOGLOBIN!!! Okay, I just bit an old Craig Kilborn line from SportsCenter. Sue me. I'll say it: SportsCenter hasn't seen more than two anchors better than Craig Kilborn since he left to host The Daily Show long ago.
2nd inning
First and third with one out. Randy Winn gets caught stealing. Edgar walks, then John Olerud hits into a 4-6 fielders' choice.
4th inning
Ichiro leads off with a double. Winn flies out, Edgar whiffs, Olerud bounces out to third.
7th inning
The Mariners load the bases with one out against Ricky Stone. Cabrera bounces one back to Stone on the mound, who forces Olerud out at home. Rich Aurilia takes a 1-1 pitch in the dirt which gets by former Mariner farmhand Raul Chavez. Chavez recovers the ball in time to nail Bret Boone coming in from third.
Back to Nageotte, his outing today was positively non-Mecheriffic. No major blowups, no appearances of mental breakdown, no speculation from the booth over whether his mechanics were off...all in all a nice break that I'm sure all Mariner fans were getting sick and tired of going through every five days. The FSNNW crew spotted Nageotte talking with Price in the dugout and appearing to get some treatment on a finger injury on his throwing hand. Niehaus was thinking it might be a blister, but apparently it was a cuticle. Nothing major. Getting a blister in your first Major League start would reeeally suck. A cause to raise the eyebrows came about when Bob Melvin trotted Nageotte out there for the 6th with his pitch count at 98. Luckily, Nageotte only had a nine-pitch 6th inning and wasn't extended like Joel Pineiro or Ryan Franklin have been recently. The kid's young; you don't want to bust his arm, or go nuts like the instance in Jeremy's post three below this one. Nageotte struck out eight and walked three, which contributed along with six hits to ramping up his pitch count.
How about that Julio Mateo? He got called on tonight and threw the final three innings for a cheap save. This was his 5th straight outing without giving up a run. That span totals out to 10 2/3 innings with five hits, three walks, and eight strikeouts.
The Mariners got one. They more than likely won't tomorrow, and they'll look to Freddy Garcia on Wednesday in the rubber game against Wade Miller. Until then, enjoy the Rocket.
Gameball: Julio Mateo. I rattled off his stats and his stretch above of late, but since everyone would probably give Scott Spiezio props for his 3-for-3 with a homer (but no groceries for the chosen sweepstakes contestant), I went with Julio.
Goat: Jolbert Cabrera. One day after drawing the walk-off walk, he goes 0-for-4, strikes out once, and strands six. Looks like there's a Jol in that swing tonight, eh?
Clemens. Pineiro. Tomorrow.
[Edit Tue ~2:15a -- The word "their" wasn't originally in the first paragraph. Might have screwed somebody up.]
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