Wednesday, April 05, 2006
GAME 2: MARINERS 10, ANGELS 8
[initial partial post]
Well, folks, I thought when I got home that I'd have more than enough time to crank out the ol' game piece until I saw an urgent problem taking place involving bathroom plumbing that was attempting to flood stuff out. Thus, the full recap will come sometime soon. Richie Sexson was great. JJ Putz was, well, he had stretches like this last season. It's also a great day when all of your hitters cross the plate at least once.
Unfortunately, life won't wait for me covering Mariner games, as much as I'd like it to do. This saddens me.
Again, the game piece will come as soon as I get around to it.
[in-game stuff gotten around to on 19 June]
In 25 words or less: The Mariners should have been nowhere close to having this game get close.
This one featured John Lackey going up against Joel Piñeiro.
TOP 1ST
Chone Figgins bounced the first pitch to second. Orlando Cabrera had the hitters' counts before walking on a full-count pitch up and away. Vladimir Guerrero flew out high to Beltre on the foul side of the third-base line. Garret Anderson flew out on a 3-1 pitch to Beltre along the stands on the third-base side. Piñeiro threw 14 pitches.
BOTTOM 1ST
Ichiro flew out to left on a 3-1 pitch. Jose Lopez grounded the second pitch hard to short. Raul Ibañez grounded hard off the right heel of Lackey on the mound, and Cabrera picked it up off the carom, but Ibañez barely beat it out. Richie Sexson lined the first pitch near the leftfield line for a single, moving Ibañez to third. Adrian Beltre fell behind 0-2 and took a 1-2 pitch over the inside corner. Lackey threw 16 pitches.
TOP 2ND
Juan Rivera took the second pitch off his left elbow pad on an uncontrolled breaking ball. Darin Erstad knocked the second pitch through the right side for a single, moving Rivera to second. Casey Kotchman bounced a 1-2 pitch to first to start a 3-6-1 double play, moving Rivera to third. Jose Molina grounded to second on an 0-2 pitch. Piñeiro threw 13 pitches and had 27 through two.
BOTTOM 2ND
Carl Everett took an 0-2 curve barely outside and ended up hitting a sinking liner to Anderson in left on a 2-2 pitch. Kenji Johjima fell behind 0-2 but mashed a 1-2 pitch into the leftfield seats.
»» MARINERS 1, ANGELS 0
Jeremy Reed had the hitters' counts before sliding a 3-1 pitch past Cabrera and through the left side for a single. Yuniesky Betancourt watched as Reed was nearly picked off of first. Betancourt ended up singling the second pitch into shallow right, where Guerrero came up throwing trying to get Reed at third, but he threw wide and short as Reed was safe and Betancourt moved to second. Ichiro took a 2-2 pitch to the foot, loading the bases as opposed to a run scoring on a wild pitch that got away from Molina. Lopez rolled the first pitch through a drawn-in infield on the left side for a single, scoring Reed and Betancourt and moving Ichiro to second.
»» MARINERS 3, ANGELS 0
Ibañez grounded a 1-2 pitch to first, where Kotchman bobbled it a bit, but he was able to shovel off to a covering Lackey as Ichiro and Lopez moved to third and second. Sexson worked a 1-2 count full before roping the ball into the rightcenter gap, scoring Ichiro and Lopez. However, Sexson tried to take second on the play and was gunned down by Erstad. Lackey threw 38 pitches and had 54 through two.
»» MARINERS 5, ANGELS 0
TOP 3RD
Adam Kennedy whiffed on an 0-2 fastball. Figgins was down 0-2 and lined out to third on the 1-2 pitch. Cabrera worked a 1-2 count for a walk. Guerrero took a 1-2 fastball over the outside corner. Piñeiro threw 18 pitches and had 45 through three.
BOTTOM 3RD
Beltre fell behind 0-2 before pounding a single through the left side on a 1-2 pitch. Everett popped an 0-2 pitch to Cabrera in shallow left. Johjima whiffed on a 2-2 breaking ball away in the dirt. Reed bounced the second pitch back to the mound. Lackey threw 14 pitches and had 68 through three.
TOP 4TH
Anderson grounded out to second. Rivera bounced the second pitch to short. Erstad chipped a 1-2 pitch down the rightfield line and off the angled part of the stands for a double as the ball skipped away from Ichiro. Kotchman bounced the second pitch to the right side where Piñeiro picked it up and blocked Kotchman from getting to first (tag). Piñeiro threw 11 pitches and had 56 through four.
BOTTOM 4TH
Betancourt bounced a 1-2 pitch hard to third, but Figgins threw high to first and pulled Kotchman off the bag (error). Ichiro dumped a single into shallow center, moving Betancourt to second. Lopez bunted the first pitch in front of the plate and Figgins threw in time to first, but he threw high to Kennedy covering first, who had to leap to make the out as Betancourt and Ichiro moved to third and second. Sexson took an 0-2 pitch over the inner half. Beltre appeared to have whiffed on a 1-2 breaking ball down and away, but plate umpire Larry Vanover ruled it a foul ball. It was moot anyway as Beltre had an outside fastball blown by him on the next pitch as he whiffed.
Lackey's line: 4 innings, 5 runs, 9 hits, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts, 90 pitches (61 strikes)
TOP 5TH
Molina popped to Reed in shallow center. Kennedy grounded hard to third on the first pitch. Figgins fouled off three 0-2 pitches before flying out to Ichiro on the track in right. Piñeiro threw 11 pitches and had 67 through five.
BOTTOM 5TH
Hector Carrasco came in for Lackey. Everett worked a 1-2 count for an eight-pitch walk. Johjima flew out to right on the first pitch. Reed bounced an 0-2 pitch to first, but Kotchman's throw to second to start a double play wasn't caught by Cabrera (error), and Everett scooted along to third. Betancourt grounded an 0-2 pitch to second, where Kennedy tossed to Cabrera for the force, scoring Everett.
»» MARINERS 6, ANGELS 0
Ichiro grounded to short on the second pitch. Carrasco threw 17 pitches.
TOP 6TH
Cabrera doubled to the leftfield wall on a 2-2 pitch. Guerrero shot a first-pitch single into center, moving Cabrera to third. Anderson got a hold of a 2-2 pitch, putting it about eight rows into the rightfield seats, scoring Cabrera and Guerrero.
»» MARINERS 6, ANGELS 3
Rivera flew out high to Betancourt on the infield grass. Erstad bounced the second pitch to second. Kotchman bounced the second pitch to short. Piñeiro threw 19 pitches and had 86 through six.
BOTTOM 6TH
Lopez tapped an 0-2 pitch back to the mound. Ibañez whiffed on an 0-2 pitch down and away. Sexson popped very high to shallow center. Carrasco threw 12 pitches and had 29 total.
TOP 7TH
Molina fell behind 0-2 and bounced a 2-2 pitch to Beltre behind the bag at third. Kennedy was ahead 2-0 and ended up rolling a single up the middle. Figgins dumped the first pitch into shallow center for a single, moving Kennedy to second.
Rafael Soriano came in for Piñeiro. Cabrera popped a 3-1 pitch way down the leftfield line, but Beltre did that over-the-shoulder catch thing that he does a lot. Guerrero fell behind 0-2 and ended up popping a 2-2 pitch to Johjima behind the plate.
Piñeiro's line: 6 1/3 innings, 3 runs, 7 hits, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts, 97 pitches (65 strikes)
Soriano's line: 2/3 innings, 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 walks, 0 strikeouts, 12 pitches (7 strikes)
BOTTOM 7TH
Beltre took a 1-2 pitch over the outside corner. Everett doubled to the wall in rightcenter on the first pitch. Johjima bounced the first pitch to short, moving Everett to third. Reed was ahead 3-0 and walked on a 3-1 pitch. Betancourt fell behind 0-2 and took a 2-2 pitch over the outside corner.
Carrasco's line: 3 innings, 1 run (unearned), 1 hit, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts, 44 pitches (31 strikes)
TOP 8TH
JJ Putz came in for Soriano. Anderson drilled the first pitch into right for a single. Rivera got ahead 2-0 and ended up cranking one into the mass of inebriation to the left of the hitters' backdrop, scoring Anderson.
»» MARINERS 6, ANGELS 5
Erstad whiffed on an 0-2 pitch outside. Kotchman whiffed on a 1-2 splitter away. Molina threw his bat at a 2-2 pitch and tapped back to the mound.
Putz' line: 1 inning, 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 walks, 2 strikeouts, 17 pitches (12 strikes)
BOTTOM 8TH
Esteban Yan came in for Carrasco. Ichiro served a 2-2 pitch into center for a single. Lopez bunted the second pitch out in front, and Molina went to first for the out as Ichiro moved to second. Ibañez was intentionally walked. Sexson rocketed the second pitch into the Mariner bullpen in leftcenter, scoring Ichiro and Ibañez.
»» MARINERS 9, ANGELS 5
Beltre bounced to second, where Kennedy fielded and threw a bit wide of first, pulling Kotchman off the bag at first (error). Everett took a 1-2 pitch that nearly hit him in the feet, but it bounced to the backstop, moving Lopez to second. Everett worked the count full before grounding hard to first. Johjima bounced a second-pitch single past Cabrera and into center for a single, scoring Beltre.
»» MARINERS 10, ANGELS 5
Reed foul-tipped an 0-2 pitch into Molina's glove behind the plate.
Yan's line: 1 inning, 4 runs (3 earned), 3 hits, 1 walk, 1 strikeout, 29 pitches (18 strikes)
TOP 9TH
Eddie Guardado came in for Putz. Tim Salmon, hitting for Kennedy, got ahead 2-0 and roped a ball five pitches above the manual scoreboard in left.
»» MARINERS 10, ANGELS 6
Figgins was ahead 3-0 and walked on a 3-1 pitch. Cabrera watched as Figgins took third without a throw on the second pitch. Cabrera ended up foul-tipping a 2-2 fastball into Johjima's glove behind the plate. Guerrero chipped the second pitch down the rightfield line for a single, scoring Figgins.
»» MARINERS 10, ANGELS 7
Anderson was up 3-1 and fouled off three full-count pitches before grounding out to third, moving Guerrero to second. Rivera was ahead 2-0 nefore doubling to the wall in rightcenter on a full count, scoring Guerrero.
»» MARINERS 10, ANGELS 8
Erstad was up 2-0 before popping high to right.
Guardado's line: 1 inning, 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 walk, 1 strikeout, 41 pitches (25 strikes)
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Gameball: Joel Piñeiro.
Goat: JJ Putz.
Yr W-L Pct GB Stk
2000 1-1 .500 -- W1
2001 1-1 .500 -- L1
2002 1-1 .500 -- W1
2005 1-1 .500 -- L1
2006 1-1 .500 -- W1
2003 0-2 .000 1 L2
2004 0-2 .000 1 L2
Weaver. Washburn. Tonight.
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