A Sort of Homecoming - Game 66, Mariners at Jays
by hugo on Jun 9, 2008 9:33 AM EDT
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PrintSeattle Mariners at Toronto Blue Jays, Jun 9, 2008 7:07 PM EDT
It's been great to have Vernon Wells back over the past two days. Yesterday was a perfect example of how Wells can make a big difference in the lineup. In the 6th inning, with the Jays down 4-2 and looking down the barrel of a sweep at home at the hands of B-more, Wells crushed a line drive homerun that put the Jays within one. Lyle Overbay followed with a walk and then scored the tying run on a double by the Cap'm, who scored what would be the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Marco Scutaro, who continues to play well in a fill-in role.
On the pitching side, Doc Halladay was steady and continued to show the strikeout touch, fanning 7 and walking no one over 7.2 innings to collect the win. Halladay had trouble with lefty Luke Scott, who hit two home runs, which accounted for 3 of Baltimore's 4 runs. Scott Downs got the final out in the 8th, and B.J. Ryan bounced back with a fine 9th inning to close out the Jays' 1-run win.
Tonight, the Jays welcome the Seattle Mariners for a 3-game series. Seattle is currently the worst team in baseball and has lost 6 of their last 7 games. The Mariners have been particularly hopeless on the road where they are 8-22 so far this season. Tonight, Jesse Litsch will face off against Jarrod Washburn. Litsch has been great this season but struggled against the Yankees his last time out. He looks to bounce back tonight.
For my part, I'm excited to have a chance to watch the game tonight as I won't be working too late. See y'all at gametime!
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Weekly meeting today
so I’ll probably be joining about an hour in and then leaving a half hour before the end.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
hey all
just got home. whew, it’s ridiculously hot outside!
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Pink, Round
but not very efficient, Litsch, strands them loaded.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
enjoy your dinner
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Mench doubles down the line
to give Lyle a RISP shot
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
he does not convert
against the lefty
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
weird inning
Litsch gets 2 easy outs, then gives up 2 junky seeing eye singles, then gets taken to the wall but out of the inning on a fine catch by Wells
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
How have we not lit up Washburn yet?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
trash-hurling lefties
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
It's Trachsel all over again
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Long single for x
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Eckstein and Rios
give us our second chance with runners in scoring position
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
a little strange
to bat Stairs 2nd against the lefty, no?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Good numbers?
2 homers, apparently.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Not looking good tonight
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Hasn't looked good in a bit.....
guess there was the home run in New York…..but in Toronto or any where else it would have been a fly ball
It's not like it was just the home run that day, though
he had 3 other RBIs.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I'm going to have to go with Waning Gibbons
and I commented before he struck out the second time (and I missed his first at-bat), so no calling hindsight
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
That was going to be a tough double play against Not Ichiro
No chance against Ichiro.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Litsch retires Vidro
and makes him look bad in the process. Only fair, after Vidro made Litsch look bad in the first
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Mench spares us the 1-2-3 inning
with the 2 out walk
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Lyle rips it
and Mench with the sweet slide to bring us within one!
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Terrible relay throw from Sexson
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Ibañez-esque
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
it sure was
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
If Lyle makes that really throw
Mench is out by a mile
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
relay not really
I’m relay tired after a long day
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
so our 0-fer continues
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
w00t
I love the strike him out, throw him out!
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Strike-him-out Throw-him out
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
how bad
is Ibanez?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Worst ever?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
he is a disaster out there
can’t believe Seattle acquired a 2nd baseman to play DH when they have a dh screwing up play after play in leftfield
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Recent Bonds?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rolen walks
Hope Wells gets a good first pitch to hit
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
oh Vernon
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Yeah, that's not what the 2-0 count is for.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
yuck
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
the Cap'm
gets the lead runner Reed
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Tail runner gets into scoring position, though
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Litsch gets the 2nd and 3rd outs
on easy bouncers to Rolen. I’d imagine that’ll close the book on him?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Barajas looks great at the plate one day, terrible the next
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
behind the plate, I mean
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Maybe because he's not getting any time off?
I mean, Thigpen is basically here for emergencies after how poorly he was hitting in AAA.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
probably yeah
he was also hurt a little at some point, and I’d imagine that playing catcher is no fun in that situation. but Rod hasn’t gotten normal catcher off-days
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
not much of an inning there for our heroes
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Downs in to face two lefties and a switch
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
yet another fine inning from Downs
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
We have only 73 runs this season after the 6th
Third worst in the majors.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Eckstein reaches via free pass
nice start to the inning
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
x draws the leadoff jog
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rios with a seeing eye single
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rios follows with the single through the hole
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
it can't be bunt time, can it?
not for Stairs, even against the lefty
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Not for Stairs indeed
looks like they’ll pinch for him
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
J-mac pinch-hitting for Stairs
pretty funny
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
So do you do the traditional sac bunt
bunting it at third to pull him off the back and force the play to be at first, or do you try to exploit Sexson’s poor arm by bunting to first and try to load them up or force an error on a play at third?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Looks like he's aiming for third
first try just barely foul
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
now what with 2 strikes
my bet- mac bunts again
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Mac gets it down with the pressure on
now up to Rolen
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
interestingly
the bunt has almost no expected impact on the outcome of the game
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
compared to the average lefty-on-lefty matchup
that may be a net gain.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Opponents hitting .306 against Batista
Don’t screw us, Rolen!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
the poet is in
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
perhaps he will use
one of his 12 different pitches
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
now that's just irritating
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
isn't first base open?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
With nobody at first
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
haha no worries
it happens to all of us
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
come on Vernon!
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
not sure, but time for Wells to break up the no-no
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
or maybe he could just swing at a slider nowhere near the plate
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
gave him a single
charitable hometown scoring, imo though
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Tabby wants the steal of home again
It can’t work twice that close together, can it?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
The crowd's upset about that time call
with the home team hitting?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
They got excited that it was put in play
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I have to admit
I was definitely expecting the K
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
can't get the go-ahead run
what now?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Lose in extras?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Barajas can't give us the lead
with the easy grounder to third.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Camp in
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
2 hard-hit balls, 2 outs so far
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
and the excuse me swing
completes the inning. time to take the lead!
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Since he only threw 6 pitches
do you ask him to pitch in the 9th if it’s still tied? Some more righties due up, I think.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Make that 7 pitches
because that makes all the difference.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
probably
we don’t have too many righty arms, and this game could go on for awhile with the offenses of these two teams
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
I like that sheepish look as he waits for the ball
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Camp is a quality enough
7th man in the pen. We’re just stretched for righty arms right now with Accardo out. Wolfe isn’t settled back in yet, and didn’t really have a high-leverage role last season. Frasor never really gets the tight spots, and everyone else is a lefty.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
knuckleballing relievers are rare
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
This is the guy with no ligament, right?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
yeah
he is missing the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching arm. crazy
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
and it cost him his huge signing bonus.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
it makes sense
they can pitch multiple innings almost every day, you’d think
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Knuckleballers are rare nowadays in general
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
they've never been exactly common, but yeah
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Is it just this guy and Wakefield?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
yep I think so
there were a few more guys floating around between AAA and MLB over the past few years, but I think it’s just the two of them now
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
yeah that
or develop the sidearm delivery and try to become a ROOGY/LOOGY
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
that makes sense
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Hitting for Mench with Wilk
does that mean Mac bats in his own spot as the DH?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I think so
but it’s him and Thigpen on the bench.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
If only Wilk had got a better jump on that dropped third strike
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Putz has been hittable this year, right?
I know last year he wasn’t, but he spent some time on the DL.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Looks like the Beej is in
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
True, but we could have had one more if we had been abel to use Camp for another inning
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Leadoff walk to a guy hitting under the Mendoza line
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
You'd be taking a big risk
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
for not much gain, with 1 out already.
with no out, it might be worth a shot
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
With no out, the bunt moved the runner to third
and we’re talking about a play at home or not.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
huh?
I meant if the grounder came with the runner on 2nd and no out. though you’re right that it would be a bunt situation, but not everyone bunts
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Ichiro gets walked
to face Vidro
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
pays off
as Vidro grounds out on the first pitch, and the runner on first saves us from watching Eckstein throw across the diamond
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
interestingly
Ichiro is a .343 hitter career with RISP. Even better with 2 outs and RISP, .358. His OBPs in those situations are even filthier
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
x with the leadoff single
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
then gets picked off first
on the 3-2 count. not very gritty
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Whitt arguing for a balk
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I didn't notice one
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Did look like he bent his front leg a bit
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
maybe Rios
can steal on the knuckler to somewhat make up for Eckstein’s miscue
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
big spot for Inglett, batting for Mac
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Rios unable to take second on a dropped ball
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
cmon Rolen
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
extras
up to the bullpen
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Rolen is at -.347
and I have to bail.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Jays and M's
hitting 1-17 with runners in scoring position tonight
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
yep
we’re 1-10, they’re 0-7
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
course
even our 1 hit was very arguably an error
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
it was hit very hard
but he fielded it cleanly, the error was on the throw
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Frasor
walks Ibanez, terrible start to the inning
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
how many no-bat utility players do the Mariners have anyway?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
walk Lopez
to pitch to Balentein and Cairo
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Frasor?!
Wolfe in to face Cairo with the bases juiced
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Frasor
just earned himself another month of pitching in blowouts
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
that is a horrendous way to lose
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
yep
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Vernon seems to have forgotten
you don’t have to swing at every single pitch
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
any reason Barajas
is not bunting?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
I don't like that reason
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
that reason, though
I like
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
unfortunately
it will be up to him anway, though even a dp now will score the run
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
this is a nailbiter
poured myself a new glass of wine before this inning, it is long gone
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Wilkerson walks
to load the bases for Lyle. Pressure!
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
that was horrendous
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Scoot walks to load them up again
for Eckstein
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
in the battle
of two terrible terrible teams, we were simply more terrible tonight
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Oh well that was awful once again......
is there any team that has been more frustraiting to watch than us?
Seattle, I think
until today
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
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