With the tarp off the field and the temperature at a chilly 46 degrees Robinson Cano made his return to Yankee Stadium. Though, last night on Jimmy Fallon Cano surprised a couple Yankee fans. Though I'm not going to get on that its more fun to talk about the Mariners 6-3 win over the Yankees. As Cano made his way to the plate for the first time did he ever get the warmest welcome from New York's greatest fans.......that was sarcasm by the way. CC Sabathia took to the mound for the Pinstripes looking to improve to 13-4 against the Mariners in his career. At first things looked like he would earn that 13th win very easily......that didn't happen though.
After a 1-2-3 first for Sabathia, Chris Young took to the mound for Seattle looking to earn that first win of the season. Young ran into trouble in back-to-back innings. First Mark Teixeira drove his third homer of the season over the right field fence, and then in the following inning Young's inning didn't start off the way he wanted it to. He walked the first batter he saw then gave up a single to Brett Gardner, after getting two outs with Brian McCann up to bat Gardner took off to steal second and on the throw from catcher Mike Zunino the ball rolled into center allowing Brian Roberts to score to make it 2-0.
Things really started to go the Mariners way in the top of the fifth. Zunino lead off by legging out an infield single which was ruled an out at first but was overturned upon further review. Zunino's single would be followed by two other singles by Willie Bloomquist and Abraham Almonte, so here is a familiar site for M's fans bases loaded and no outs, well you can guess that M's fans on Twitter were saying that they wouldn't score. Cano drove in the M's first run with a productive ground ball that allowed Zunino to score from third, Corey Hart then drove the first pitch he saw into right center field that allowed Willie and Abraham to score and so the Mariners took the 3-2 lead. Justin Smoak added the last run of the inning for the M's with an RBI single to right to make it 4-2.
The top of the seventh saw the Mariners scoring two more times with two outs. Cano lead off the seventh with a hustling infield single and then to top things off stole second. So with two outs Dustin Ackley came in to pinch hit for Cole Gillespie, and after a tough home stand he drove in Cano with a 2-out single to put the M's up 5-2. Zunino added to his terrific night by driving in Ackley with his career high 4th hit of the night.
Fernando Rodney was brought in to finish off the Yankees in the 9th, it wouldn't be easy though. Rodney sent us on another roller coaster ride as he gave up a run but was able to close out the game. So the Mariners move to within 3 games of .500 and will go for a series win tomorrow. Though the forecast for tomorrow in New York doesn't look good as the rain pelted the teams tonight and will probably be continuing tomorrow so we may have a double header on Thursday.
PLAYERS OF THE GAME: Robinson Cano 1-5 R SB RBI
Corey Hart 1-4 2B 2 RBIs R
Mike Zunino 4-5 R RBI
Dustin Ackley 2-2 RBI R
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Away with Almonte and welcome Carson Smith
Look I'm all for giving guys chances, but Abraham Almonte I believe is out of chances. Yes, I know its still April but Almonte has ticked me off and (I'm guessing) has ticked plenty of Mariner fans off with his inability to consistently get hits and especially of his strikeouts. Almonte reminds me of Richie Sexton, and I say that because if Almonte plays every game this year he's likely to not only break the Mariners strikeout record but probably the major league record for strikeouts in a season.
Now you're asking "who would the Mariners call up and who would be in CF?". I have the answer. Remember Carson Smith? Of course you dont. That's because he's spent his 3 year career moving up in the Mariners minor league system. Smith has gone from Single-A, to Double-A, to Triple-A in just three years. He's maintained consistency in his minor league career. He has saved 15 games in his first two years, had a 2.90 and a 1.80 ERA in those years, and now he's in Tacoma where he has saved 2 games and has a 3.18 ERA. Smith to me is ready for the big's and would give manager Lloyd McClendon an extra arm in the bullpen.
Now, getting onto the center fielder situation........remember how Michael Saunders used to play center? Yeah that's right Saunders played in center, also you do have Ackley who can move to center as well. But unfortunately Lloyd likes Almonte......and so we probably wont see this move happen. Which is really upsetting because playing favorites is not a smart way to manage a ball club. But again this is the smartest and really the only possible move that the Mariners could make if they decide to send Almonte down to Tacoma.
On another note, one other possible move the M's could make is to send Brad Miller down and to call Nick Franklin back up or possibly give the hot hitting Chris Taylor a call up. Doesn't matter who they call really, both Miller and Almonte need to go, because Lord knows we need a shortstop who can make plays and an outfielder who doesn't screw up from time to time and strikes out every game.
Now you're asking "who would the Mariners call up and who would be in CF?". I have the answer. Remember Carson Smith? Of course you dont. That's because he's spent his 3 year career moving up in the Mariners minor league system. Smith has gone from Single-A, to Double-A, to Triple-A in just three years. He's maintained consistency in his minor league career. He has saved 15 games in his first two years, had a 2.90 and a 1.80 ERA in those years, and now he's in Tacoma where he has saved 2 games and has a 3.18 ERA. Smith to me is ready for the big's and would give manager Lloyd McClendon an extra arm in the bullpen.
Now, getting onto the center fielder situation........remember how Michael Saunders used to play center? Yeah that's right Saunders played in center, also you do have Ackley who can move to center as well. But unfortunately Lloyd likes Almonte......and so we probably wont see this move happen. Which is really upsetting because playing favorites is not a smart way to manage a ball club. But again this is the smartest and really the only possible move that the Mariners could make if they decide to send Almonte down to Tacoma.
On another note, one other possible move the M's could make is to send Brad Miller down and to call Nick Franklin back up or possibly give the hot hitting Chris Taylor a call up. Doesn't matter who they call really, both Miller and Almonte need to go, because Lord knows we need a shortstop who can make plays and an outfielder who doesn't screw up from time to time and strikes out every game.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Rodney out Farqhuar in?
Last night was another roller coaster night for the Mariners, but the roller coaster ride didn't really begin until the top of the ninth inning. Fernando Rodney put both his team and the fans on a blood pressure rising inning. Although Rodney did earn his fourth save of the season he gave up 2 runs, hit a batter, and walked two batters. He shot his arrow but I think that arrow should have been shot by Justin Smoak since he was the one who bailed Rodney's ass out of the inning with a game ending unassisted double play.
The Mariners signed Fernando Rodney to a two year deal worth $14 million dollars, and at first I was wondering why the Mariners signed Rodney when Danny Farqhuar did a great job as the closer last season converting 16 saves in 18 opportunities. A lot of people are skeptical including myself of Rodney's inability to have clean saves. In Rodney's first two appearances this season, he only allowed 1 hit in 1.2 innings of work and had gotten his first save against the Oakland A's, but since in the 5.2 innings he's walked 6 batters and has had only one clean inning, lost one game, and raised his ERA from 0.00 to 3.68.
Rodney is 37 years old, so the question is will Lloyd McClendon stick with the control issued Rodney as the closer or make the switch to Danny Farqhuar?
Farqhuar has appeared in 9 games so far this season and in 10.2 innings of work he's walked 6, struck out 10, and has an ERA of 1.69......oh yeah and he's only given up 2 earned runs. Farqhuar has also held his opponents hitters to an even .200 batting average while Rodney's opponents are batting .321. Rodney also had some interesting comments in his post game interview in regards to Adrian Beltre's at bat, he said "In a situation like that, I was looking for a ground ball for a double play to end the game. I made a good pitch, line drive to first game over."
Rodney didn't deserve to shoot that arrow last night, if anything he should have let Smoak shoot it since he bailed him out of that jam. Rodney again has shown us through his last 6 appearances that he has no control of his pitches and last week in the game against the Rangers he was the main reason why the M's lost that game. When your closer cant get you three outs without walking batters or giving up 2 or more hits then I think its time to look for someone else to close your games for you.
McClendon is going to have to make a choice soon, unless Rodney gets control of his pitches and has good quick innings or 1-2-3 innings Lloyd may make the switch to Farqhuar as the closer for this team.
The Mariners signed Fernando Rodney to a two year deal worth $14 million dollars, and at first I was wondering why the Mariners signed Rodney when Danny Farqhuar did a great job as the closer last season converting 16 saves in 18 opportunities. A lot of people are skeptical including myself of Rodney's inability to have clean saves. In Rodney's first two appearances this season, he only allowed 1 hit in 1.2 innings of work and had gotten his first save against the Oakland A's, but since in the 5.2 innings he's walked 6 batters and has had only one clean inning, lost one game, and raised his ERA from 0.00 to 3.68.
Rodney is 37 years old, so the question is will Lloyd McClendon stick with the control issued Rodney as the closer or make the switch to Danny Farqhuar?
Farqhuar has appeared in 9 games so far this season and in 10.2 innings of work he's walked 6, struck out 10, and has an ERA of 1.69......oh yeah and he's only given up 2 earned runs. Farqhuar has also held his opponents hitters to an even .200 batting average while Rodney's opponents are batting .321. Rodney also had some interesting comments in his post game interview in regards to Adrian Beltre's at bat, he said "In a situation like that, I was looking for a ground ball for a double play to end the game. I made a good pitch, line drive to first game over."
Rodney didn't deserve to shoot that arrow last night, if anything he should have let Smoak shoot it since he bailed him out of that jam. Rodney again has shown us through his last 6 appearances that he has no control of his pitches and last week in the game against the Rangers he was the main reason why the M's lost that game. When your closer cant get you three outs without walking batters or giving up 2 or more hits then I think its time to look for someone else to close your games for you.
McClendon is going to have to make a choice soon, unless Rodney gets control of his pitches and has good quick innings or 1-2-3 innings Lloyd may make the switch to Farqhuar as the closer for this team.
Smoak's bat and glove helps beat the Rangers
Well, it was both College Night and Bearded Hat night at the ballpark last night. So, you have both college kids getting smashed in The Pen and people wanting probably the dumbest promotion the Mariners have had this season. There was a point during the game where the camera over The Pen went over and then went to a single fan who was actually watching the game.......sad huh? If these college kids are so smart then they really should have just gone to a bar if they didn't want to watch the Mariners game and just get drunk, but I'm getting off topic. The Mariners opened up a three game against the Texas Rangers......so for the second time the M's faced their Texas rivals and they really wanted to forget the last series against this team.
The Mariners decided since they walked things off two days ago, they would get back to their winning ways. Though at first they didn't seem to be in the winning mood, it just took them five innings to wake up their bats. Adrian Beltre got activated from the DL and Roenis Elias took to the mound looking for his 2nd win against the Rangers.
Robbie Ross, Jr., took to the mound for the Rangers and in the first two innings both pitchers look evenly matched. Elias ran into trouble in back-to-back innings, as the Rangers got a run in both the top of the third and fourth inning. I have to give Elias a great deal of credit, even though he had two tough innings the fourth inning was the toughest he had. Elias walked three in that inning and gave up an RBI double but with the bases loaded Elias went into Beast Mode. He struck out the next two batters he face to end the inning, so after four innings of work Elias was up to 73 pitches.
With the Rangers up 2-0 the Mariners got back both runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. With 2 outs Abraham Almonte and Willie Bloomquist were able to get on base, Robinson Cano drove in both runners with his first big hit at Safeco so the Mariners tied the game, but that tie wouldn't last long. Elias's night was done after allowing two more hits in the top of the sixth, so manager Lloyd McClendon brought in Dominic Leone to try and get out of the jam. Leone got out of the inning but threw a wild pitch that allowed Prince Fielder to score from third to put the Rangers back up 3-2.
Inning by inning went by until the game reached the bottom of the eighth inning, and most um "Mariner" fans were thinking "here we go again" and were already counting the Mariners out of this game. The Mariners though were still on their "comeback kid" hangover and wanted another one. Cano lead off the inning with his second hit of the ball game, following Corey Hart getting hit by a pitch Stefen Romero singled to load the bases up for the M's. After a mound visit by the Rangers, McClendon sent out Michael Saunders to pinch run for Hart. Justin Smoak entered the batter's box with a ton of pressure on his shoulders. Nobody out, bases loaded, and a chance to give his team the lead.
Smoak decided to not let the pressure get to him this time, with a full now on him Smoak lined one to left passed Michael Choice that made 31,145 fans go nuts as Cano and Saunders scored to put the Mariners up 4-3. After that the Mariners didn't look back as Kyle Seager drove in his 6th run in 2 games with an RBI single, the M's got one more run on a wild pitch that allowed Smoak to score and so the Mariners lead 6-3 going into the 9th.
Fernando Rodney was brought in to try and earn his fourth save of the season. With one out the Rangers got to Rodney. The Rangers loaded the bases after a fielder's choice, a single, and a hit batter so Rodney had some work to do. Rodney walked both Choice and Elvis Andrus to put the Rangers deficit to only one run, so here we went again. Rodney was saved though, as Smoak made the play of the night that literally saved the Mariners and Rodney as he dove for a line drive off Beltre. Smoak snagged it and touched first base for a game ending unassisted double play.
So, a nail biting night ends with the good guys winning it and officially starting a winning streak, which is at two games now. Though questions were made both before and after the game. For example Jason Churchill from 1090 "The Fan" AM questioned Lloyd McClendon's decision making as the manager of the team.
The Mariners decided since they walked things off two days ago, they would get back to their winning ways. Though at first they didn't seem to be in the winning mood, it just took them five innings to wake up their bats. Adrian Beltre got activated from the DL and Roenis Elias took to the mound looking for his 2nd win against the Rangers.
Robbie Ross, Jr., took to the mound for the Rangers and in the first two innings both pitchers look evenly matched. Elias ran into trouble in back-to-back innings, as the Rangers got a run in both the top of the third and fourth inning. I have to give Elias a great deal of credit, even though he had two tough innings the fourth inning was the toughest he had. Elias walked three in that inning and gave up an RBI double but with the bases loaded Elias went into Beast Mode. He struck out the next two batters he face to end the inning, so after four innings of work Elias was up to 73 pitches.
With the Rangers up 2-0 the Mariners got back both runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. With 2 outs Abraham Almonte and Willie Bloomquist were able to get on base, Robinson Cano drove in both runners with his first big hit at Safeco so the Mariners tied the game, but that tie wouldn't last long. Elias's night was done after allowing two more hits in the top of the sixth, so manager Lloyd McClendon brought in Dominic Leone to try and get out of the jam. Leone got out of the inning but threw a wild pitch that allowed Prince Fielder to score from third to put the Rangers back up 3-2.
Inning by inning went by until the game reached the bottom of the eighth inning, and most um "Mariner" fans were thinking "here we go again" and were already counting the Mariners out of this game. The Mariners though were still on their "comeback kid" hangover and wanted another one. Cano lead off the inning with his second hit of the ball game, following Corey Hart getting hit by a pitch Stefen Romero singled to load the bases up for the M's. After a mound visit by the Rangers, McClendon sent out Michael Saunders to pinch run for Hart. Justin Smoak entered the batter's box with a ton of pressure on his shoulders. Nobody out, bases loaded, and a chance to give his team the lead.
Smoak decided to not let the pressure get to him this time, with a full now on him Smoak lined one to left passed Michael Choice that made 31,145 fans go nuts as Cano and Saunders scored to put the Mariners up 4-3. After that the Mariners didn't look back as Kyle Seager drove in his 6th run in 2 games with an RBI single, the M's got one more run on a wild pitch that allowed Smoak to score and so the Mariners lead 6-3 going into the 9th.
Fernando Rodney was brought in to try and earn his fourth save of the season. With one out the Rangers got to Rodney. The Rangers loaded the bases after a fielder's choice, a single, and a hit batter so Rodney had some work to do. Rodney walked both Choice and Elvis Andrus to put the Rangers deficit to only one run, so here we went again. Rodney was saved though, as Smoak made the play of the night that literally saved the Mariners and Rodney as he dove for a line drive off Beltre. Smoak snagged it and touched first base for a game ending unassisted double play.
So, a nail biting night ends with the good guys winning it and officially starting a winning streak, which is at two games now. Though questions were made both before and after the game. For example Jason Churchill from 1090 "The Fan" AM questioned Lloyd McClendon's decision making as the manager of the team.
McClendon decided to put Cole Gillespie in the lineup against a left handed pitcher when he has had trouble against lefties in his career and Dustin Ackley has had great success against lefties. So, who would you rather start? Gillespie who hits better against righties or Ackley who hits better against lefties? I thought so. Also McClendon continues to favor Almonte for the lead off hitter role and all Almonte has done is strike out 32 times and posted a .215 batting average.....that's not lead off hitter material. Also tonight McClendon should think about who should be the closer for this team as Rodney had another rough save opportunity and has only had 1-2-3 appearance this season. In Rodney's 7.1 innings of work he has walked 6 batters.
PLAYERS OF THE GAME: Robinson Cano 2-4 R 2B 2 RBIs
Justin Smoak 1-3 R 2B 2 RBIs
Stefen Romero 2-4 R 2B
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Seager ends the M's losing streak and beats the Astros
What is better than an afternoon at the ballpark with your family? How bout a walk off losing streak ending win by the Mariners? That's was what took place at Safeco Field today in front of 13,739 fans who turned out to watch the Mariners end the 2nd longest losing streak by any team in the majors this year. Chris Young took to the mound today looking to earn his first win of the season and go deep into the ball game to rest the bullpen as well.
Young's day started off pretty well as he went 1-2-3 in the first inning. Though in the top of the third inning is where he got into trouble. After walking the lead off hitter he got the next two batters out, so it looked like Young was going to get out of the third with no damage........*BUZZ* WRONG!!!!! Young walked Dexter Fowler and following that the Astros only All Star from last year Jason Castro doubled that drove in Matt Dominguez and Fowler. So, the Astros lead 2-0 after the third inning and that meant thanks to the eight game losing streak all the "faithful" Mariner fans said "That's it games over".
Thankfully those Mariner fans were proven wrong. But getting back to the recap of today's game. The Mariners had a one threat going in both the bottom of the fourth and fifth innings but were turned away both times. In the fourth with one out Robinson Cano extended his hitting streak to four games with a one out single and then Corey Hart walked. Justin Smoak though came through not in the good way but in his usual "we have a scoring opportunity so ill screw it up" way by grounding into one his trademark double play inning killers. Then in the bottom of the fifth the M's got their first two hitters on base. First Kyle Seager drew a nice six pitch walk and then Nick Franklin snapped an 0 for 13 stretch with a single, so you figure that Lloyd McClendon would have Ackley bunt the runners over........*BUZZ* WRONG AGAIN!!!!
Instead Ackley looked at two strikes then grounded into a double play, following him Mike Zunino popped out to end what could have been a possible scoring inning for the Mariners. Young was at 97 pitches after the sixth inning but headed out to pitch the seventh and I have to give him credit for keeping the M's in the game. Chris Carter though hit his second home run of the season and put the Astros lead to 3-0. So, after the seventh inning the Mariners trailed 3-0, Chris Young's day was done, and they were nine out away from being swept by the Astros and pushing their losing streak to nine games.
With one out in the bottom of the seventh inning Smoak got on with a bloop single to left, so Seager came up looking to help his team out. He did and in a big way, Seager blasted his first homer of the season and really put a positive charge in his team as they were now down by only a run. In both the eighth and ninth inning the Mariners bullpen had to be put to work. First was Charlie Furbush. After Charlie got the first two Astro hitters out he walked Jesus Guzman and gave up a single to Alex Presley, so the Astros were threatening to score again and the man to face Furbush with two one would be Carter. Furbush though showed no signs of fear as he struck out Carter to end the threat.
Fernando Rodney was called in the ninth to keep the game at a one run game. Rodney got the job done but it took him some time to do it as he threw 28 pitches to get out of the ninth.
So here we go again, the Astros brought in former Mariner Josh Fields to close things out. Cano lead off the inning with a nice blooped single and Corey Hart extended his hitting streak to six games as he lined a single down the left field line. So with two on and nobody out Justin Smoak had a shot to win this game......didn't happen though. Smoak went down swinging and so the M's were down to their final two outs. Smoak however would be the final out, as Seager stepped in with already a home run under his belt, he swung at the first pitch he saw from Fields and it was a no-doubter walk off home run.
The Mariners losing streak is finally over!!!! Man have I waited to say that for a whole damn week. After today's win me and a lot of other Mariner fans were like Lou Brown in Major League 2 "I LOVE THIS $%^ AND I MAY MOVE TO ENGLAND!!!!"
The M's have the day off tomorrow and its a much needed one. Though during this upcoming day off manager Lloyd McClendon needs to make some changes to this lineup, such as taking Abraham Almonte out of the lead off role as Almonte after today leads the majors in strikeouts with 33. If you see here on Sodo Mojo my co-host from Mariners Talk podcast says that Seager should be moved into the lead off role and that Almonte should be the #2 hitter.
Again the M's have a day off tomorrow and will face the Texas Rangers for a 3 game series starting on Thursday. After the day off we may see Cole Gillespie get a call up.....you never know.
PLAYERS OF THE GAME: Kyle Seager 2-3 2 HR 5 RBIs 2 R BB
Robinson Cano 2-4 R
Chris Young 7 IP 3 R 3 ER 6 K 5 BB
Young's day started off pretty well as he went 1-2-3 in the first inning. Though in the top of the third inning is where he got into trouble. After walking the lead off hitter he got the next two batters out, so it looked like Young was going to get out of the third with no damage........*BUZZ* WRONG!!!!! Young walked Dexter Fowler and following that the Astros only All Star from last year Jason Castro doubled that drove in Matt Dominguez and Fowler. So, the Astros lead 2-0 after the third inning and that meant thanks to the eight game losing streak all the "faithful" Mariner fans said "That's it games over".
Thankfully those Mariner fans were proven wrong. But getting back to the recap of today's game. The Mariners had a one threat going in both the bottom of the fourth and fifth innings but were turned away both times. In the fourth with one out Robinson Cano extended his hitting streak to four games with a one out single and then Corey Hart walked. Justin Smoak though came through not in the good way but in his usual "we have a scoring opportunity so ill screw it up" way by grounding into one his trademark double play inning killers. Then in the bottom of the fifth the M's got their first two hitters on base. First Kyle Seager drew a nice six pitch walk and then Nick Franklin snapped an 0 for 13 stretch with a single, so you figure that Lloyd McClendon would have Ackley bunt the runners over........*BUZZ* WRONG AGAIN!!!!
Instead Ackley looked at two strikes then grounded into a double play, following him Mike Zunino popped out to end what could have been a possible scoring inning for the Mariners. Young was at 97 pitches after the sixth inning but headed out to pitch the seventh and I have to give him credit for keeping the M's in the game. Chris Carter though hit his second home run of the season and put the Astros lead to 3-0. So, after the seventh inning the Mariners trailed 3-0, Chris Young's day was done, and they were nine out away from being swept by the Astros and pushing their losing streak to nine games.
With one out in the bottom of the seventh inning Smoak got on with a bloop single to left, so Seager came up looking to help his team out. He did and in a big way, Seager blasted his first homer of the season and really put a positive charge in his team as they were now down by only a run. In both the eighth and ninth inning the Mariners bullpen had to be put to work. First was Charlie Furbush. After Charlie got the first two Astro hitters out he walked Jesus Guzman and gave up a single to Alex Presley, so the Astros were threatening to score again and the man to face Furbush with two one would be Carter. Furbush though showed no signs of fear as he struck out Carter to end the threat.
Fernando Rodney was called in the ninth to keep the game at a one run game. Rodney got the job done but it took him some time to do it as he threw 28 pitches to get out of the ninth.
So here we go again, the Astros brought in former Mariner Josh Fields to close things out. Cano lead off the inning with a nice blooped single and Corey Hart extended his hitting streak to six games as he lined a single down the left field line. So with two on and nobody out Justin Smoak had a shot to win this game......didn't happen though. Smoak went down swinging and so the M's were down to their final two outs. Smoak however would be the final out, as Seager stepped in with already a home run under his belt, he swung at the first pitch he saw from Fields and it was a no-doubter walk off home run.
The Mariners losing streak is finally over!!!! Man have I waited to say that for a whole damn week. After today's win me and a lot of other Mariner fans were like Lou Brown in Major League 2 "I LOVE THIS $%^ AND I MAY MOVE TO ENGLAND!!!!"
Again the M's have a day off tomorrow and will face the Texas Rangers for a 3 game series starting on Thursday. After the day off we may see Cole Gillespie get a call up.....you never know.
PLAYERS OF THE GAME: Kyle Seager 2-3 2 HR 5 RBIs 2 R BB
Robinson Cano 2-4 R
Chris Young 7 IP 3 R 3 ER 6 K 5 BB
Monday, April 21, 2014
SeaTalk Intenitonal Podcast Mariners Talk Episode 3
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-129537/TS-852261.mp3
Saturday, April 19, 2014
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