M's 1 | Angels 5
Chris calm, cool and collected in starting debut...
Really couldn't have asked for more of a spot starter out of the pen (RRS was placed on the DL and Jakubauskas took his spot in the rotation) 5.1IP - 5H - 2ER - 0BB
Ichiro picks up where he left off...
Breaking the hits record for a Japanese born player (that he tied last night) in his second AB.
3086 hits (between Japan and Seattle) ... congratulations, Ichi!
The eight-time All-Star and Gold Glove outfielder broke the record of Isao Harimoto with a characteristically sharp single in the fourth, a one-hop smash into right field off Saunders (2-1) for his 3,086th hit. Harimoto, who played 23 seasons in Japan, smiled and flashed a thumbs-up sign from the box seats. Ichiro tipped his batting helmet to the cheering home crowd."Mr. Harimoto, in 1995 - 14 years ago! - told me, 'The only guy who could break my record is you.' For him to have that vision of the future, for him to say that to a player that has only one year under his belt, I'm amazed by that," Suzuki said through his interpreter. "I'm the only one he's told that to.
ELAINE THOMPSON / AP
Saunders was stellar - Roy, not so much...
M's were not - M's only muster up 4 hits vs. Joe.
It definitely wasn't Roy's night - he now has an ERA where none existed before ;-(
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
that 0-2 pitch to Napoli was horrendous.
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Saunders did a great job.
Injuries seem to be mounting for each team, should be exciting!
Luckily, the M's injuries are too serious. If they survived for 8 games w/o Ichiro, they should be able to muddle through w/o Joh and RRS (frankly, some were probably of the mind that they would rather see Rob and Jaku anyway)
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ReplyDeleteYes, the M's are in better shape than the rest!
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