Friday, June 02, 2006
GAME 55: MARINERS 14, RANGERS 5
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In 25 words or less: No lucky sevens in this one as the Mariners declare themselves the Kings of Koronka.
This one featured Felix Hernandez going up against John Koronka. The Mariners were attempting to snap a six-game losing streak. Of course, for those rooting for some heads to roll in Marinerville, they were hoping for maybe a 13-game skid to run everyone out of town. Adrian Beltre, in his second straight game hitting second in the lineup, came in 7-for-50 with runners in scoring position and 1-for-21 with a runner on third.
TOP 1ST
Ichiro served an 0-2 pitch into shallow center for a single. Adrian Beltre was down 0-2 and ended up drilling a ball off the leftfield wall left of the scoreboard to advance Ichiro to third, but the one-hop throw from Wilkerson in left beat Beltre to second, though Beltre's hands just might have gotten in there. Jose Lopez fell behind 0-2 and tapped to the right side on a 1-2 pitch, where Koronka came off the mound and threw to first. Raul Ibañez was up 3-1 before dumping a full-count pitch into shallow left to score Ichiro from third on a single.
»» MARINERS 1, RANGERS 0
Richie Sexson was ahead 2-0 before whiffing on a full-count pitch over the outside corner. Koronka threw 23 pitches.
BOTTOM 1ST
Gary Matthews, Jr. knocked a single the other way into left. Michael Young bounced the second pitch to short to start a 6-4-3 double play. Mark Teixeira flew out to Bloomquist in deep leftcenter on a 2-0 pitch. Hernandez threw eight pitches.
TOP 2ND
Kenji Johjima was up 2-0 before taking a full-count fastball over the outside corner. Willie Bloomquist was behind 0-2 and ended up bouncing a 2-2 pitch to short. Mike Morse flew out to left on a 1-2 pitch. Koronka threw 15 pitches and had 38 through two.
BOTTOM 2ND
Hank Blalock grounded to Lopez backed into shallow right on a 1-2 pitch. Kevin Mench whiffed on an 0-2 fastball inside. Brad Wilkerson flew out to Bloomquist in front of the wall in leftcenter. Hernandez threw 12 pitches and had 20 through two.
TOP 3RD 37
Yuniesky Betancourt got ahead 2-0 and grounded up the middle to a ranging Jimenez, who threw off-balance and barely in time to first. Ichiro bounced a 1-2 pitch to the left-side hole, where Young ranged to his backhand side, but put it in his back pocket as Ichiro had the single. Beltre fouled the second pitch off and it was called foul, though Buck Showalter thought the ball went off Beltre as he made an attempt to run and not while he was in the batters' box. Beltre ended up dumping a 2-2 pitch into shallow center, moving Ichiro to third. Lopez punched the first pitch through the left side for a single, scoting Ichiro and moving Beltre to second.
»» MARINERS 2, RANGERS 0
Ibañez cranked the first pitch barely over the wall in rightcenter.
»» MARINERS 5, RANGERS 0
Sexson whiffed on a 1-2 pitch very low and away. Johjima slapped the second pitch into rightfield for a single. Bloomquist poked the second pitch up the middle and off Koronka into centerfield for a single, moving Johjima to second. Morse poked a 1-2 pitch through the left side for a single, scoring Johjima and moving Bloomquist to second.
»» MARINERS 6, RANGERS 0
Betancourt bounced a single through the left side to score Bloomquist and move Morse to second.
»» MARINERS 7, RANGERS 0
Joaquin Benoit came in for Koronka. Ichiro grounded the second pitch behind the bag at first (3-1 putout). Benoit threw two pitches.
Koronka's line: 2 2/3 innings, 7 runs, 11 hits, 0 walks, 3 strikeouts, 69 pitches (44 strikes)
BOTTOM 3RD
Mark DeRosa knocked the second pitch off of Hernandez' throwing arm, and it bounced over to short, where Betancourt threw wide to first, but Morse made the tag on DeRosa coming down the line. D'Angelo Jimenez rolled the second pitch to second. Rod Barajas was down 0-2 before flying out to center on a 1-2 pitch. Hernandez threw nine pitches and had 29 through three.
TOP 4TH
Beltre bounced the first pitch to a charging Young at short. Lopez flew out to Matthews in deep leftcenter. Ibañez worked an 0-2 count for a walk. Sexson flew out to Matthews in deep leftcenter on the second pitch. Benoit threw 13 pitches and had 15 total.
BOTTOM 4TH
Matthews singled to left on the second pitch. Young grounded a 2-0 pitch up the middle to Betancourt, who ranged over, backhand tossed to Lopez at second, and Lopez barehanded the Betancourt throw and threw in time to first on an incredible play. Teixeira fell behind 0-2 and ended up whiffed on a 1-2 curve that got away from Johjima, who caught up to it at the backstop and threw in time (so the umpre called) to first. Hernandez threw nine pitches and had 38 through four.
TOP 5TH
Johjima flew out to Wilkerson on the leftfield track drifting back. Bloomquist took a 1-2 pitch over the outer half. Morse singled the second pitch into rightfield. Betancourt had the hitters' counts and ended up popping out to Teixeira, who made an over-the-shoulder catch in front of the rolled-up tarp in foul ground on the right side. Benoit threw 17 pitches and had 32 total.
BOTTOM 5TH
Blalock got ahead 2-0 before flying out to Beltre foul near the third-base bag. Mench golfed the second pitch off the leftfield wall/scoreboard for a double. Wilkerson worked an 0-2 count for a walk. DeRosa knocked a full-count pitch through the right side for a single to load the bases. Jimenez dropped a single into rightfield in front of Ichiro, scoring Mench and keeping the bases loaded.
»» MARINERS 7, RANGERS 1
Barajas fell behind 0-2 and ended up whiffing on a 2-2 deathly curve over the outer half (30). Matthews had the hitters' counts before cranking a belt-high fastball five rows into the upper deck in rightfield. Slammed! Can we pin this one on Johjima?
»» MARINERS 7, RANGERS 5
Young grounded the first pitch up the middle to Betancourt, who ranged over and made the play. Hernandez threw 35 pitches and had 73 through five.
TOP 6TH
Ichiro looped a 1-2 pitch into left for a single. Beltre whiffed at a 2-2 fastball and Ichiro stole second on the pitch. Lopez popped a 2-0 pitch to DeRosa in foul ground on the left side, who made the basket catch for the out. Ibañez was intentionally walked. Sexson grounded right to short, but it ate up Young at short (still scored a hit) and went into center, scoring Ichiro as well as Ibañez from first.
»» MARINERS 9, RANGERS 5
Johjima flew out to DeRosa near the third-base camera well on the second pitch. Benoit threw 22 pitches and had 54 total.
Benoit's line: 3 1/3 innings, 2 runs, 3 hits, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts, 54 pitches (29 strikes)
BOTTOM 6TH
Teixeira grounded a full-count pitch to Lopez in shallow right. Blalock grounded a full-count pitch to Beltre, moved over to short on the shift. Mench punched the first pitch through the left side for a single. Wilkerson fell behind 0-2 before whiffing on a full-count fastball.
Hernandez' line: 6 innings, 5 runs, 7 hits, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts, 95 pitches (58 strikes)
TOP 7TH
Rick Bauer came in for Benoit. Bloomquist rolled an 0-2 pitch to Jimenez at second, who bobbled the ball a bit (error), and Bloomquist beat out the throw. Morse took an 0-2 pitchout where the Rangers easily snuffed out a Bloomquist steal attempt of second. Morse worked the 0-2 count for a walk in a ten-pitch at-bat. Betancourt chopped a 2-0 pitch through the left side for a single, moving Morse to second. Ichiro worked an 0-2 count for a walk (the second such walk issued by Bauer), loading the bases and spurring a visit from the Ranger pitching coach. Beltre drilled the first pitch through the mound and up the middle for a single, scoring Morse and Betancourt and moving Ichiro to third.
»» MARINERS 11, RANGERS 5
Lopez was up 2-0 and ended up flying out to Wilkerson in deep leftcenter, scoring Ichiro.
»» MARINERS 12, RANGERS 5
CJ Wilson came in for Bauer. Ibañez fell behind 0-2 and eventually whiffed on a 2-2 breaking ball low and away. Wilson threw six pitches.
Bauer's line: 2/3 inning, 3 runs, 2 hits, 2 walks, 0 strikeouts, 27 pitches (15 strikes)
BOTTOM 7TH
Julio Mateo came in for Hernandez. DeRosa rolled a 1-2 pitch to Betancourt, who had the ball go under his glove and off his foot (error), and he threw to first, but DeRosa beat it out. Jimenez whiffed on a highish 1-2 breaking ball. Barajas nearly homered down the leftfield line on the first pitch, but it went foul. On the next pitch, Barajas flew out to Beltre in foul territory shallow on the left side. Matthews flew out to Ichiro on the second pitch. Mateo threw 15 pitches.
TOP 8TH
Sexson walked on four pitches. Johjima flew out to right. Bloomquist worked a 1-2 count for a walk, moving Sexson to second. Morse singled on a full count into center, scoring Sexson and moving Bloomquist to third.
»» MARINERS 13, RANGERS 5
Betancourt chopped an 0-2 pitch to third, scoring Bloomquist and moving Morse to second.
»» MARINERS 14, RANGERS 5
Ichiro was ahead 2-0 and tapped a 2-2 pitch near the mound, where Wilson threw to first. Wilson threw 31 pitches and had 37 total.
BOTTOM 8TH
Young flew out to Ibañez in leftcenter. Teixeira whiffed on a 2-2 breaking ball down and in. Blalock was down 0-2 and lined out to center on a 2-2 pitch.
Mateo's line: 2 innings, 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 walks, 2 strikeouts, 31 pitches (23 strikes)
TOP 9TH
Jason Botts came in to play left, Gerald Laird came in to catch, Wilkerson moved to center, DeRosa moved to short, Jimenez moved to third, and Barajas moved to first. Beltre flew out to left on the first pitch. Lopez dumped a 3-1 pitch into shallow right for a single. Ibañez grounded to new first baseman Barajas on the right side, who went to second for the force on Lopez. Sexson was up 2-0 and flew out to right.
Wilson's line: 2 1/3 innings, 2 runs, 2 hits, 2 walks, 1 strikeout, 50 pitches (27 strikes)
BOTTOM 9TH
Sean Green came in for Mateo, Jeremy Reed came in to play center, and Bloomquist moved over to right. Mench rolled a 2-2 pitch up the middle for a single. Wilkerson fell behind 0-2 and whiffed on a 1-2 breaking ball down and in. DeRosa singled into centerfield, moving Mench to second. Jimenez was ahead 3-1 and eventually walked on a full count to load the bases. Barajas whiffed on a 2-2 sinker. Botts had the hitters' counts before grounding down the first-base line to Morse, who made a nice snag and went to the bag.
Green's line: 1 inning, 0 runs, 2 hits, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts, 30 pitches (17 strikes)
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Gameball: Adrian Beltre.
Goat: Kenji Johjima.
Yr W-L Pct GB Stk
2001 43-12 .782 -- W11
2003 37-18 .673 6 W6
2002 35-20 .636 8 W1
2000 30-25 .545 13 W3
2005 24-31 .436 19 W2
2006 23-32 .418 20 W1
2004 21-34 .382 22 W2
Keppel. Moyer. Friday.
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