Thursday, April 06, 2006
GAME 3: MARINERS 6, ANGELS 4
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In 25 words or less:
This one featured new Angel and guy that should have been a Mariner back around 2002 or so Jeff Weaver going up against new Mariner and former Angel Jarrod Washburn.
TOP 1ST
Shortly after Steve Physioc mentioned Chone Figgins strikeout woes of last year, Washburn got ahead and got him to whiff. Orlando Cabrera reached outside to ground out to Betancourt in the hole on the right side, who made the play. Garret Anderson got the second pitch up in the zone and stroked it into centerfield for a single. Vladimir Guerrero took an 0-2 pitch barely off the outside corner before whiffing at the next pitch in nearly the same spot. Washburn threw 17 pitches.
BOTTOM 1ST
Ichiro ripped Weaver's first pitch down the rightfield line and into the corner for a double. Jose Lopez chopped the first pitch deep into the hole on the left side, where Cabrera had no play at first, double-clutched, then threw to second where Ichiro hurried back. Raul Ibañez whiffed on a 1-2 pitch a few inches off the plate outside. Richie Sexson smacked a ball the other way off the word "Mutual" on the Washington Mutual advertisement on the rightfield fence. This scored Ichiro and Lopez.
»» MARINERS 2, ANGELS 0
Adrian Beltre took three balls, then two strikes before chopping a ball toward the mound which Weaver reached up and grabbed, then threw to Edgardo Alfonzo, who ran down Sexson heading back to second. Carl Everett watched as Beltre stole second thanks to a throw from Jeff Mathis that went over Cabrera and into centerfield; Beltre took third on the error. Everett took the next three pitches for a walk. Kenji Johjima grounded the second pitch hard to third for a 5-4 fielder's choice. Weaver threw 22 pitches.
TOP 2ND
Tim Salmon whiffed on a 1-2 fastball. Darin Erstad grounded a 2-0 pitch hard to second. Edgardo Alfonzo splintered his bat on a 2-2 pitch that rolled to short. Weaver threw 12 pitches.
BOTTOM 2ND
Joe Borchard laced a single into centerfield. Yuniesky Betancourt fell behind 0-2, ending up bouncing a pitch back to Weaver, who underhanded to first as Borchard moved to second. Ichiro put a charge into a 2-2 pitch, hitting it to fairly deep centerfield, but it was caught, and Borchard stayed put at second. Lopez hit a 2-2 broken-bat 'tweener that landed in shallow leftfield with Anderson and Cabrera giving chase. Lopez took the single and Borchard scored on the play.
»» MARINERS 3, ANGELS 0
Ibañez fell behind 0-2 and had the count 1-2 when Weaver picked Lopez off of first. Thank goodness for that, since Rex Hudler and Physioc were making factually questionable references to Ibañez. Hudler said that Ibañez came up with Kansas City, though Physioc did point out he was brought up as a catcher by Seattle. Then Physioc said Ibañez has been the starting leftfielder ever since signing in Seattle. Weaver threw 25 pitches.
TOP 3RD
Kotchman got ahead 2-0 and eventually reached to fist a ball toward the right side that Sexson elevated to spear. Jeff Mathis showed some 1-2 warning-track power to rightfield. Figgins bounced the first pitch right back to the mound. Washburn threw 13 pitches.
BOTTOM 3RD
Ibañez grounded the second pitch to the right side for a 3-1 putout. Sexson took an 0-2 pitch just above the left hip and took his base. Beltre punched a 1-2 single through the right side to move Sexson to second. Everett popped an 0-2 pitch high to centerfield. Johjima rolled the first pitch back to Weaver, who came off the mound to make the play. Weaver threw 14 pitches.
TOP 4TH
Cabrera popped the second pitch high to Lopez just on the outfield grass. Anderson rolled to the right side, where Lopez went quite a way to his right and tossed to Sexson. Guerrero flew out high to Sexson in front of the camera well on a 3-1 pitch. Washburn threw 12 pitches and had set down nine straight Angels.
BOTTOM 4TH
Borchard took a 1-2 pitch down the pipe about thigh high and then took a seat. Betancourt popped the second pitch high to centerfield. Ichiro fell behind 0-2 and ended up slicing a flyout to leftfield. Weaver threw 10 pitches.
TOP 5TH
Salmon clubbed the first pitch into the Mariner bullpen in leftcenter. I'm tired of Hudler's fishing references a long time ago.
»» MARINERS 3, ANGELS 1
Erstad scooted an 0-2 pitch up the middle which Lopez barehanded and threw over to first, but Erstad beat the throw by a stride. Alfonzo popped high into foul ground in rightfield, where Lopez ran over to make the catch. Kotchman sliced a single the other way into leftfield to move Erstad to second. Mathis fell behind 0-2 and later whiffed on a full count, and Erstad was dead meat at third as Johjima had him easily trying to steal. Washburn threw 17 pitches and had 71 through five.
BOTTOM 5TH
Lopez roped the first pitch the other way into the gap in rightcenter. Though the ball never reached the wall, it turns out the Angel outfield is slow. Lopez got a triple out of it. Ibañez took a 1-2 pitch barely inside before lasering a single through the right side to score Lopez.
»» MARINERS 4, ANGELS 1
Sexson got a bit under an 0-2 pitch, flying out high to leftcenter. Beltre took an 0-2 pitch way outside and in the dirt. Ibañez moved to second on the 0-2 wild pitch to Beltre, who later grounded out to short. Everett flew out high to leftfield on the first pitch. Weaver threw 14 pitches.
TOP 6TH
Figgins fell behind 0-2 and later foul-tipped a 1-2 fastball into Dan Wilson's glove. Cabrera bounced the second pitch hard along the third-base line, where he cut the ball off from being a double down the leftfield line. Beltre made the nice play and the nice throw to first. Anderson whiffed on a 1-2 pitch just above the dirt and near the outer half of the plate. Weaver threw 12 pitches.
BOTTOM 6TH
Johjima drove a single into leftfield. Borchard lined a ball into rightfield that Guerrero let drop, but then Guerrero gunned Johjima down at second as Cabrera tagged the bag. On the first pitch, Betancourt put something extra behind the ball, making Erstad drift back to nearly the track before catching it. On the first pitch to Ichiro, Borchard tried to nab second, but was nabbed by McDonald's anyway. Weaver threw 10 pitches.
TOP 7TH
Guerrero absolutely bashed a line-drive single that bounced off the leftfield wall. Salmon shot a double over Beltre's head and down the leftfield line, moving Guerrero to third. Erstad rolled the first pitch to short, where Betancourt took the sure out as Guerrero scored.
»» MARINERS 4, ANGELS 2
Alfonzo took three balls, then two strikes, then he bounced out to short as Salmon held at second. Kotchman whiffed at a 2-2 high offspeed pitch. Washburn threw 19 pitches and had 100 through seven.
Washburn's line: 7 innings, 2 runs, 6 hits, 0 walks, 7 strikeouts, 100 pitches (64 strikes)
BOTTOM 7TH
Ichiro worked an 0-2 count for a walk. Lopez bounced a ball to a charging Cabrera in at short, who threw over to first in time. Ichiro moved over to second.
Brendan Donnelly came in for Weaver. Ibañez ripped the first pitch past Kotchman and into rightfield for a single to score Ichiro. Guerrero tried to get Ichiro at the plate even though he had no chance, enabling Ibañez to move to second.
»» MARINERS 5, ANGELS 2
Sexson bounced the second pitch to a charging Alfonzo, who made the play just in time on the run, moving Ibañez to third. Beltre reached at an 0-2 pitch and rolled out to short. Donnelly threw six pitches.
Weaver's line: 6 1/3 innings, 5 runs, 9 hits, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts, 104 pitches (72 strikes)
TOP 8TH
Julio Mateo came in for Washburn, and Jeremy Reed replaced Borchard in centerfield. Mathis popped the second pitch high to Betancourt near the mound. Figgins shot the second pitch past Lopez' backhand side and into centerfield for a single. Cabrera mashed the second pitch, hitting the facade of the upper deck in leftfield, scoring himself and Figgins.
»» MARINERS 5, ANGELS 4
Anderson took three balls before the count went full. Anderson ended up whiffing over a low splitter before taking his seat. Guerrero got behind 0-2 before taking a 1-2 offering off the top of his helmet. Undaunted, Guerrero merely got up, shook off the cobwebs, and headed to first base. Salmon hit an 0-2 pitch for a hard line drive that Reed caught in centerfield.
Mateo's line: 1 inning, 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 walks, 1 strikeout, 22 pitches (17 strikes)
BOTTOM 8TH
Everett fell behind 0-2 and eventually whiffed at a 2-2 fastball over the outer half. Johjima walked on four pitches. Reed dropped the second pitch perfectly inside the third-base foul line, and the Angels had no chance as Reed got aboard and Johjima went to second. Betancourt bounced a ball to the right side that Kotchman knocked down, but it got away from him. The ball went to Figgins, who barehanded and threw barely in time to get Betancourt as the runners advanced. Ichiro took four wide ones to load the bases. The second pitch to Lopez got away from Mathis, who didn't get his body in front of the ball that was low and away, enabling Johjima to score and the runners to move up 90 feet.
»» MARINERS 6, ANGELS 4
Lopez grounded hard to third.
Donnelly's line: 1 2/3 innings, 1 run, 2 hits, 2 walks, 1 strikeout, 27 pitches (16 strikes)
TOP 9TH
George Sherrill came in for Mateo. Erstad flew out high to Beltre, who onehanded and snowconed the ball in front of the camera well on the left side. Juan Rivera, hitting for Alfonzo, worked a 1-2 count for a walk. Kotchman busted out the pitching wedge flying out to right on the second pitch in the rightfield corner. Mathis worked an 0-2 count full before rifling a single through Sherrill and into centerfield, moving Rivera to second. Figgins battled a while with two strikes on him, but worked the count for a nine-pitch at-bat, flying out to short.
Sherrill's line: 1 inning, 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 walk, 0 strikeouts, 26 pitches (15 strikes)
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Gameball: Raul Ibañez.
Goat: Carl Everett.
Yr W-L Pct GB Stk
2000 2-1 .667 -- W1
2001 2-1 .667 -- W1
2002 2-1 .667 -- W2
2006 2-1 .667 -- W2
2003 1-2 .333 1 W1
2005 1-2 .333 1 L2
2004 0-3 .000 2 L3
Loaiza. Meche. Tonight.
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