For starters, Felix made mince meat of "the starters" (retired all 8 lead-off batters he faced).
He recorded 13 ground ball outs to 5 fly ball outs to 7 strikeouts
All three runs of the game were UNearned...
- Justin singled in the second inning and two errors and a sac-fly later he scored. Then in the Kyle got aboard via an error in the fourth inning, stole 2B, moved to 3B on a Robinson single and scored on a fielder's choice by Michael Saunders (welcome back, Michael!).
- The Halos run came after Felix, uncharacteristically, botched a bunt play which allowed Hunter to get to 2B and, later in the inning, Cayaspo singled to drive in Hunter.
- Ichiro, another hit (39 from 200)
- Dustin, Justin and Miggy each with two (Dustin, his SEVENTH triple, the only M's extra-base hit)
- Trayvon and Kyle each with one hit, and an RBI and run, respecitively
- Ichiro, Kyle and Dustin each with a stolen base (Kyle's his first in the bigs)
only TWO for FOURTEEN - ey-yi-yi!
But hey, they scored the requisite ONE more run and played spoiler, at least for a night (as the Rangers won earlier) and Felix earned his 14th victory and Brandon his 33rd save.
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