Mariners 0 | Ranger 2
Wow - no wonder there was a bit of hype when the M's acquired Cliff Lee. Sure, M's fans have seen him pitch before, but to watch him toss seven, nearly effortless innings, giving up only three hits, no runs and no walks with eight strikeouts along the way was pretty special. And Felix, for one, let him know...
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Unfortunately, there was almost as much consternation (if not more) regarding the M's offense as there was hype around a rotation that would include Felix Hernandez and Cliff Lee - and the reasons were never more evident than last night. Of course, credit and cap tips must be given to Colby Lewis. As stellar as Cliff was, Colby was even better - at one point retiring TWENTY-ONE Mariners in-a-row.
I LOVE a pitching duel . . .
and was having a great time and loving the view from my "princess seats" in Section 219...
That is until the frustration set in . . .
Bases loaded with one out in two straight innings without scoring one measly run ~ Sweeney GDIP in the 10th and Byrnes botched squeeze play (that resulted in Ichiro out at the plate) and subsequently struck out to end the 11th.... arghh!
There were no runs in the game . .
until the top of the 12th when some flukiness ~ a couple of singles, an error, a wild pitch, an intentional walk and a ground out ~ accounted for the the Rangers 2 runs. The M's went fairly meekly in the bottom of the inning and that was the ballgame.
Wake-up call . . .
Really a shame for Cliff's fabulous debut to go to waste, here's hoping something is sparked. While it's true that these guys aren't about to power their way to wins, they are perfectly capable of manufacturing some runs, enough runs, to win more than they lose.
Let's see it!
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