st 25 | the old(est) man vs. the King

Mariners 7 | Rockies 2

So, according to a tweet from Larry Stone, Jamie Moyer hasn't faced the Mariners since May 21, 1996 while he was with the Red Sox.  He faced Jr, A-Rod, Edgar and Bone and only lasted 3 innings (in a 13-7 Mariners win). Oh, and Jose Canseco was in LF for the Sox.

OK - back to the present...
There's been some hub-bub about Felix's velocity (or lack thereof) this spring.  Read here about how he says it's nothing to worry about and jokes that he was just trying to pitch like Jamie ;-) While today didn't really do anything to quell the velocity concerns (he topped out at 90 or so) it certainly proved that what Felix is currently lacking in velocity he is MORE than making up for in effectiveness. He only went four today (that's all he was scheduled for) in this, his last, springtime tune-up...
4IP - 2H - 0BB- 0ER - 6K ~ I think he's "tuned"

Speaking of velocity, some funny tweets during the game comparing the two starters, including...

shannondrayer

Gameday has Moyer's 78 mph pitch as a fastball and Felix's 89 mph pitch as a change up. Gameday might explode today.

The other five innings were a mix...

• Iwakuma gave up another 2 runs in his 3 innings of work
• Kelley posted 2 runs and 2 strikeouts in his scoreless 2IP

THREE HBP today...

• Carlos Peguero was hit TWICE by Jamie Moyer (and stole a base one of his times on!)
• Jesus Montero was hit IN THE HELMET by Edgmer Escalona.  Apparently, he was none too happy about it (who would be) though I don't know that it was intentional. Wedge and Griffen had to hold him back. Luckily, it was an 83mph change up (instead of the previous 95mpg fastball) and it looks like he'll be fine. 

As for the O, another good day...

• every starter (except Peggy) had at least one hit
• Ichiro, Ryan and Kawasaki had multiple hits - each with a double and an RBI

Nice to hear that Jesus caught all four of Felix's innings...
he did have a throwing error but, supposedly did really well behind the dish, catching all of Felix's five pitches more than adequately (oh - and he had a hit, scored a run and drove in a run as well)

M*A*S*H
Saunders, Ackley and Sherrill have all been ill since returning from Japan but are expected to be back in action tomorrow.  Now it's Hector Noesi who is under the weather...