Well, they seem to have mastered game "ones" on this road trip so far. Here's hoping the can at least get game two as well the rest of the way.
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on the moundMister Fister was not on top of his game today ~ 94 pitches in only 5 innings, a balk that scored a run, 3 walks (he had walked a total of 3 in his last 5 starts) ~ but hey, he got the win!
~ Tex was great, striking out the side in the 6th
~ Shawn got 3 quick outs in the 8th, but then the dreaded base on balls and a homer to Longoria
~ Enter the DA for a fairly rare 1-2-3 save
at the plate
Yowsa ~ who are these guys and what have you done with our Mariners?!?!
SIX home runs in the past 2 games?!? Today = Guti, Adam and Sweeney
And Sweeney with a steal too - first one since August of 2006. On the post game show, Shannon mentioned that the dugout security guy said the dugout went crazy when Mike got that SB - really seemed to ignite them. Oh yeah, 3 doubles to go with the 3 homers.
leather-works
Already mentioned the not-so-good balk and MS had an error, but there was a DP.
Which leads me to the results of my little research project
I'm as far from a sabermetrician as possible, but I have had the feeling as the season has gone along that as Mariners DP's are turned, a W is more likely. Since they have started hitting with some power (9 homers in the past 5 games, compared to 10 in their first 16) I thought it would be interesting to compare DP to homers . . .
~ In their 14 wins, the M's turned 20 DPs (1.4/game) and hit 6 home runs
~ In their 21 losses, the M's have only turned 15 DP's (.7/game) and hit 10 home runs
Does it mean anything? Probably not, except to underscore how much I like defense. But, I will admit, this recent power surge has been kinda fun ;-)
And now, for no other reason than this is just a GREAT photo....
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