Friday, April 14, 2006
GAME 10: MARINERS 9, INDIANS 5
[second partial post -- everybody do your taxes if you haven't already]
In 25 words or less: Felix pitches young again, but the Mariners manage a series win and a vault back to .500.
This one featured Felix Hernandez going up against Jason Johnson.
TOP 1ST
Ichiro rolled a 1-2 pitch to short. Jose Lopez got ahead 2-0 and whiffed at a 2-2 curveball in the dirt (2-3 putout). Raul Ibañez whiffed with a 3-0 green light, then whiffed over the next pitch before chopping out to second. Johnson threw 15 pitches.
BOTTOM 1ST
Grady Sizemore mashed a single past a diving Sexson at first. Jason Michaels put the second pitch through the right side for a single, moving Sizemore to second. Jhonny Peralta slapped a 2-0 single the other way to score Sizemore. Ichiro threw home even though he didn't have much of a thought, but Johjima came out and fielded the throw to nail Michaels at third as Peralta moved to second.
»» INDIANS 1, MARINERS 0
Travis Hafner watched an 0-2 pitch go off of Johjima's glove and to the backstop for a passed ball, allowing Peralta to move to third. Hafner ended up working the count full before whiffing on a big curve. Victor Martinez whiffed on a 1-2 fastball just off the plate outside. Hernandez threw 18 pitches.
TOP 2ND
Richie Sexson whiffed on a 2-2 fastball over the inner half. Adrian Beltre grounded the second pitch hard to third. Carl Everett bounced to first on the second pitch. Johnson threw nine pitches and had 24 through two.
BOTTOM 2ND
Ben Broussard walloped the second pitch inside the foul pole down the rightfield line -- a rope.
»» INDIANS 2, MARINERS 0
Ron Belliard fell behind 0-2 and worked the count until he rolled out to short. Aaron Boone lined the second pitch right into Beltre's glove at third. Casey Blake worked a 1-2 count for a walk. Sizemore lasered the first pitch (fastball that wasn't that fast) into rightfield for a single that moved Blake to second. Michaels grounded to Beltre cutting across the left side of the infield. Hernandez threw 23 pitches and had 41 through two.
TOP 3RD
Kenji Johjima was jammed on the second pitch, which he nubbed to short. Jeremy Reed chopped a 2-2 pitch up the middle and into centerfield for a single. Yuniesky Betancourt grounded the first pitch toward the right-side hole, where Belliard took the ball and tried to turn the double play and got Reed at second, but Reed's slide appeared to have altered Peralta's throw to first a bit, enabling Betancourt to take first. Ichiro watched as Betancourt stole second on a high 0-2 pitch. Ichiro whiffed badly on a 1-2 pitch in the dirt (2-3 putout). Johnson threw 13 pitches and had 37 through three.
BOTTOM 3RD
Peralta worked an 0-2 count full before grounding hard back to the mound. Hafner fell behind 0-2 and wound up bouncing a 2-2 pitch to second. Martinez fell behind 0-2 and flew out to leftfield on a 1-2 pitch. Hernandez threw 16 pitches and had 57 through three.
TOP 4TH
Lopez got ahead 2-0 and smacked a single past Boone on the left side on a full count for a single. Ibañez grounded the first pitch right to Broussard at first, who tried to start a 3-6-3 double play, but the throw back was late (Lopez was out). Sexson watched an 0-2 outside dirtball get away from Martinez behind the plate (wild pitch) and Ibañez scooted to second. Sexson ended up whiffing on a fastball inside at the knees. Beltre took an 0-2 breaking ball barely outside and ended up reaching low and away and grounding a 2-2 pitch to a charging Boone at third. Johnson threw 18 pitches and had 55 through four.
BOTTOM 4TH
Broussard laced a single into centerfield. Belliard got ahead 2-0 and ended up unloading on a 2-2 letter-high hanger, deposited it roughly 12 rows or so above the leftfield scoreboard, a 420-foot shot.
»» INDIANS 4, MARINERS 0
Boone bounced a 1-2 pitch to second. Blake worked a 1-2 count for a walk on the eighth pitch of the at-bat, a checkswing on a curve down and away. Sizemore whiffed on an 0-2 curve that broke like a mutha. Michaels grounded hard to Beltre, who knocked it down and stayed with it and threw into the runner at first, but Sexson came down with the tag. Hernandez threw 27 pitches and had 84 through four.
TOP 5TH
Everett roped a ball into fairly deep rightfield that looked catchable for Blake, who reached up and had it, but dropped it as Everett stood on second with a double. Johjima bounced a 2-0 pitch to short as Everett moved to third. Reed lined the first pitch for a fly ball to rightfield which Blake caught and threw straight home, but the throw was way off and Everett scored.
»» INDIANS 4, MARINERS 1
Betancourt doubled into the leftfield corner on the fly. Ichiro thumped the first pitch, a highish one that ended up over the wall in rightcenter.
»» INDIANS 4, MARINERS 3
Lopez drove the second pitch to fairly deep centerfield, but it was a flyout. Johnson threw 15 pitches and had 70 through six.
BOTTOM 5TH
Broussard walked on five pitches and moved Hafner to second.
Julio Mateo came in for Hernandez. Belliard reached down and away for an 0-2 pitch and dunked it into centerfield for a single to score Hafner and move Broussard to second.
»» INDIANS 5, MARINERS 3
Boone popped the second pitch high to Betancourt on the leftfield grass.
Hernandez' line: 4 2/3 innings, 5 runs, 7 hits, 4 walks, 4 strikeouts, 102 pitches (59 strikes)
TOP 6TH
Ibañez fell behind 0-2 and bounced a 1-2 pitch to Broussard coming off of first, but he made the 3-1 putout. Sexson grounded the first pitch to short. Beltre walked on four pitches. Everett watched Beltre nab second base (high throw) on the first pitch, then ended up walking on four pitches as well. Johjima whiffed on a 3-1 low breaking ball before walking on a full-count breaking ball low and away to load the bases.
Rafael Betancourt came in for Johnson. Jeremy Reed whiffed on a full-count fastball high and outside. Betancourt threw seven pitches.
Johnson's line: 5 2/3 innings, 3 runs, 5 hits, 3 walks, 4 strikeouts, 90 pitches (51 strikes)
BOTTOM 6TH
Blake doubled a 3-1 pitch off the track and wall in leftfield. Sizemore bounced right to Sexson as Blake moved to third. Michaels worked an 0-2 count full but scorched a full-count line drive right to Beltre at third, who gloved it and walked to the bag to double off Blake for the double play. Mateo threw 15 pitches.
TOP 7TH
Y Betancourt walked on four pitches in the first-ever Betancourt clash. Ichiro one-hopped to short, but Y Betancourt had taken off with the pitch and got to second safely. Lopez cranked a 1-2 pitch about nine rows back above a tunnel over the wall in leftfield to score Betancourt and himself.
»» INDIANS 5, MARINERS 5
Scott Sauerbeck, Cleveland's new Paul Assenmacher, came in for R Betancourt. Ibañez shot a second-pitch grounder past Broussard at first.
Guillermo Mota came in for Sauerbeck. Sexson lined the first pitch down the leftfield line for a double into the corner, moving Ibañez to third. Beltre was intentionally walked to load the bases. Everett needed eight pitches (the last one down and in) to draw a walk, forcing in the go-ahead run in Ibañez.
»» MARINERS 6, INDIANS 5
Johjima grounded right to Boone at third, whose throw home pulled Martinez off the plate, allowing Sexson to score and the bases to remain loaded.
»» MARINERS 7, INDIANS 5
Reed popped the first pitch to Peralta in shallow leftfield as the infield fly rule was called. Y Betancourt fell behind 0-2 and ended up reaching out to nub out to second.
R Betancourt's line: 2/3 inning, 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 strikeout, 21 pitches (11 strikes)
Sauerbeck's line: 0 innings, 1 run, 1 hit, 0 walks, 0 strikeouts, 2 pitches (1 strike)
Mota's line: 2/3 inning, 1 run (unearned), 1 hit, 2 walks, 0 strikeouts, 22 pitches (12 strikes)
BOTTOM 7TH
Peralta popped the second pitch up to Sexson on the bag at first.
George Sherrill came in for Mateo. Hafner fell behind 0-2 and whiffed on a 1-2 fastball over the outer half. Victor Martinez blistered a 1-2 double off the top of the wall in leftcenter, and for some reason Reed went all the way up to the wall and banged against it. Broussard was caught gawking at an 0-2 fastball over the outside corner.
Mateo's line: 1 2/3 innings, 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 walks, 0 strikeouts, 23 pitches (14 strikes)
Sherrill's line: 2/3 inning, 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 walks, 2 strikeouts, 11 pitches (9 strikes)
TOP 8TH
Fernando Cabrera came in for Mota. Ichiro walked on four pitches. Lopez watched as Ichiro nabbed second by a mile on the first pitch. Lopez watched as Ichiro went on first move with an 0-2 count, but Cabrera step-threw to Peralta at short and Ichiro was hung up between third and second. Lopez ended up whiffing at a 1-2 pitch in the dirt (2-3 putout). Ibañez lined right to Belliard at second. Cabrera threw 12 pitches.
BOTTOM 8TH
JJ Putz came in for Sherrill. Belliard had the hitters' counts and ended with a full-count bouncer deep into the hole on the right side where Lopez made the slide but the ball went past him as Belliard had the single. Boone grounded an 0-2 pitch hard to third, where Beltre charged and threw off-balance to second for the out on the lead runner. Blake whiffed on a 1-2 low splitter. Sizemore sprayed a second-pitch single past Y Betancourt through the left-side hole for a single to move Boone to second. Michaels did some sightseeing on a 1-2 belt-high fastball over the outer half. Putz threw 20 pitches.
TOP 9TH
Sexson worked an 0-2 count for a seven-pitch walk. Beltre whiffed on a 1-2 dirtball low and away (surprise). Everett worked an 0-2 count for a walk, moving Sexson to second. Joe Borchard came in to run for Everett. Johjima drilled the second pitch off the base of the wall left of the scoreboard for a double, scoring Sexson and Borchard.
»» MARINERS 9, INDIANS 5
Reed pounded the second pitch that one-hopped and nailed Cabrera's planted right foot, though he picked up the ball and threw to first. Cabrera had to come out of the game.
Danny Graves came in for Cabrera. Y Betancourt reached and rolled a groundout to short.
Cabrera's line: 1 2/3 innings, 2 runs, 1 hit, 3 walks, 2 strikeouts, 33 pitches (15 strikes)
Graves' line: 1/3 inning, 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 walks, 0 strikeouts, 3 pitches (2 strikes)
BOTTOM 9TH
Peralta was ahead 2-0 and later whiffed on a 2-2 low splitter. Hafner grounded to second. Martinez golfed the first pitch for a flyout to leftfield.
Putz' line: 2 innings, 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 walks, 3 strikeouts, 30 pitches (21 strikes)
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Gameball: JJ Putz.
Goat: Felix Hernandez.
Blasphemy, I know.
Yr W-L Pct GB Stk
2001 7-3 .700 -- L1
2002 7-3 .700 -- W4
2000 6-4 .600 1 W1
2005 5-5 .500 2 L1
2006 5-5 .500 2 W2
2003 4-6 .400 3 L3
2004 2-8 .200 5 L1
Moyer. Schilling. Tonight.
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