Seattle (22-24) @ Minnesota (15-30)

TTown · Post #1 » by **TTown** » Mon May 23, 2011 4:42 pm

Jason Vargas (3-2, 3.39) vs. Carl Pavano (2-4, 5.30)
Doug Fister (2-4, 2.93) vs. Nick Blackburn (3-4, 3.40)
Erik Bedard (2-4, 3.94) vs. TBA

Liriano went yesterday, so we'll miss him. I believe Wednesday will be Duensing's turn in the rotation, but Minnesota hasn't released the info yet. He got shelled against the D-Backs last Friday.

Post #2 » by **Sweezo** » Mon May 23, 2011 5:25 pm

Our offense isn't exactly stellar, but Minnesota's is the worst in the league. There's a decent shot we'll be in first place in the AL West by the end of this series.

Bay_Areas_Finest · Post #3 » by **Bay_Areas_Finest** » Mon May 23, 2011 7:54 pm

I think its pretty awesome that we have the pitching advantage against (basically) every team in baseball. Sweet.

I really want a sweep here. Series loss would be devestating. Can't go through a bad spell again. Lets do this!!

TTown · Post #4 » by **TTown** » Mon May 23, 2011 8:21 pm

Agreed. If we get this close to .500 again and then lose 6 of our next 7 I'm going to lose it.

Here's hoping Guti starts getting back on track. He went 0/8 his first two games, finally got a hit Saturday, and was 1/1 with a pinch-hit RBI yesterday.

TTown · Post #5 » by **TTown** » Tue May 24, 2011 12:31 am

2-0 Mariners, top 1

A Jack Cust HR! Wow. We knew this day would come, but now that it has I don't know what to say.

Post #6 » by **Bulltalk** » Tue May 24, 2011 1:11 am

Hey, don't look now, but everyone else sucks in the AL West too.

Post #7 » by **Bulltalk** » Tue May 24, 2011 1:14 am

OMG! Our DH actually hit a HR.

Post #8 » by **Sweezo** » Tue May 24, 2011 3:41 am

Peguero does it again...my goodness.

Post #9 » by **Sweezo** » Tue May 24, 2011 4:07 am

And so does Rodriguez! League is back to looking unstoppable again. What a crazy season.

Bay_Areas_Finest · Post #10 » by **Bay_Areas_Finest** » Tue May 24, 2011 4:52 am

See; Now THAT right there was a nice win, fellas. First time during our little run that the starting pitching was poor and we had to come back from a defecit.

Big win. HUGE win. Showed a lot of character and I now have a lot of faith that our guys can keep up the good play for an extended period of time. Pitching wasnt on point and the offense came through.

Peguero absolutely murders the ball and League was lights out. Love it.

TTown · Post #11 » by **TTown** » Wed May 25, 2011 12:45 am

Michael Saunders makes me angry.

Bay_Areas_Finest · Post #12 » by **Bay_Areas_Finest** » Wed May 25, 2011 12:57 am

Saunders is a joke. He was obviously looking for a breaking ball, but he takes a fastball right down the middle of the plate 3 straight times? LOL.

Also; Is outifield Peguero's natural position? I ask this tongue in cheek because his defense is atrocious. It is horrendously bad. He makes Milton Bradley look like Willie Mays out there. We have to move that guy to DH unless he learns how to catch routine fly balls.

Post #13 » by **Bulltalk** » Wed May 25, 2011 4:56 am

We just can't seem to get to .500. So close again.

TTown · Post #14 » by **TTown** » Wed May 25, 2011 5:33 pm

2-0 M's, top 2

Guti walk
Kennedy RBI 2B
Wilson sac, Kennedy to 3B
Ryan RBI single

pro-duct-ivity from the bottom of the line-up.

TTown · Post #15 » by **TTown** » Wed May 25, 2011 6:04 pm

3-0, top 4

Guti goes yard. Good to have him back!

Bay_Areas_Finest · Post #16 » by **Bay_Areas_Finest** » Wed May 25, 2011 6:40 pm

Now THAT is how you get out of a jam. Bedard is a boss!

Lets keep it up, M's. Gotta take this series.

TTown · Post #17 » by **TTown** » Wed May 25, 2011 7:41 pm

M's take it 3-0. Great start by Bedard, excellent work out of the 'pen.

5-1 road trip! Day off tomorrow, BIG homestand coming up.

Bay_Areas_Finest · Post #18 » by **Bay_Areas_Finest** » Wed May 25, 2011 7:49 pm

Brendan Ryan has also been really aggressive at the plate and its paying off big time. He's one of my favorite players on the team, so I'm thrilled.

Definitely a big series coming up, and fortunately, we have our two studs going.

TTown · Post #19 » by **TTown** » Wed May 25, 2011 8:12 pm

Erik Bedard:

First 4 starts: 0-4, 7.71 era

Last 5 starts: 3-0, 1.09 era