Archive for May, 2010

Fister proves he is human,Mariners lose 5-4

May 31, 2010

Share Doug Fister came into this game tonight with the  best ERA in the AL, but tonight he got tagged for 3 homers by the Minnesota Twins and the Mariners couldn’t quite catch up and lost this one 5-4. The sun came out this afternoon and it was actually pleasant at the Safe when I joined [...]

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Angels walk all over Mariners Bullpen 9-7

May 30, 2010

Share With the exception of the female species, nothing in my life has given me more joy or frustration than the game of baseball. Just like the never-ending winter this year, the Mariners continue to find ways to cast gloom over the Puget Sound. Todays 9-7 loss was a meltdown, but in comparison to the nightmare [...]

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Mariners waste another good outing by Felix lose 5-1

May 29, 2010

Share Felix Hernandez pitched well enough to win, but his team didn’t have the killer instinct today and allowed the LA Angels to hang around and eventually win 5-1 in the 10th on a grand slam by Kendry Morales. Jered Weaver managed to keep the Mariners off-balance through the first 7 frames allowing only one run [...]

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Lee Fans 10, Mariners win again 8-3

May 28, 2010

Share Cliff Lee struck out 10 Los Angeles Angels tonight and pitched 8 strong innings as the Mariners won for the third straight game and now are 6 1/2 games out of first. Lee faced off against Scott Kazmir tonight, and outside of a shaky first where Lee committed an error there was no doubt who was in [...]

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Sweeney sparks Mariners comeback over Tigers 5-4

May 26, 2010

Share Today I joined 22,422 of my closest friends down at the Safe to enjoy an indoor matinée played out on a grass field between white lines on another gloomy Seattle late May afternoon. In the first 8 innings it looked like the visiting gladiators from Motown were toying with our Mariners from the soggy [...]

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