Photo: Carlos Amador This Tuesday was a beautiful day in Seattle! Seventy degrees Farenheit ! It was a perfect day to welcome the 'hotest' season of the year! It was a perfect day to go to the ballpark! It was a perfect day to begin the Chicago Cubs - Mariners series!
It might be an interesting match for the fans in Seattle. However, the attendance was 27.975 even though there are 47.116 sits available. 26.074 is the season average number of people who go to the games in the 'Emerald City'.
The Mariners haven't won over their fans yet, but they had won four consecutive games before facing the Cubs. The fanatics might think that despite that stat, their team's season is a shame. The straight couldn't be enough due to the fact that they had lost 10 of 16 and 13 of the previous 22; and they hold a lead in 49 of 69 matches (21 blown leads in losses).
Chicago Cubs' coach, Lou Piniella, who managed the Mariners for 10 years between 1993 and 2002 and got them to win 116 games in 2001, was not even a motivating factor for fans to attend and shout their displeasure.
With a huge or low number of people, with Lou Piniella or any other known face, it was time to hear, "Play ball!". The loyal fans who attended Safeco Field watched a close game, in which Franklin Gutierrez batted a two run-homeun in the second to defeat 2-0 the starter Ryan Dempster and the Cubs, who faced the pitcher Jason Vargas.
I was stunned when I read Vargas' stats (6-2, 2.66, including the game against the Cubs), so I had a lot of expectation to see him. This is the fourth season for the lefty (2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010-Don't count 2007 because he only threw in two games) and he has played his best pitching. In Tuesday's, he threw his fifth straight quality start and his 12th of the season: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO. Dempster also did a good job: 8.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 SO.
"Dempster pitched well; so did their trio of pitchers. We wasted a good pitching performance on our side. Give up two runs, your pitcher is doing his job", said Piniella about the Cubs losing and Dempster's performance.
The Mariners got their fifth consecutive win. It's time for Mariners fans to attend Safeco Field on Wednesday and Thursday. There were still be 18.000 and 9.000 tickets for each of those days when the series began.
Third
The Cubs and the Mariners are playing the third series between them. Now the Cubs have a 4-3 lead. Chicago took two of three in 2002 at Safeco, and two of three at Wrigley Field in 2007.
Yankees burned Arizona
The New York Yankees won the second game of the three game series in Arizona after losing 10-4 last Monday. This time the bats were hot hiting 12 hits to win 9-3 at Chase Field. Andy Pettitte was also awesome: 7.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO.
The Yankees had scored three runs, batted in by Alex Rodriguez, who homered (2-RBIs) and singled to let their teammates run home, before they had a six-run inning in the eighth. Mark Teixeira, Robinson Cano, Jorge Posada, Curtis Granderson and Colin Curtis (he hit the winning homerun in the first spring training game) had RBI in that explosive inning. Curtis hit a two-RBI double.
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I won't write on Wednesday. I'll watch the second game of the series at Safeco Field, but as a baseball fan. See you on Tuesday.
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MLB results: June 22
Yankees 9 - Diamondbacks 3
Giants 3 - Astros 1. Edgar Renteria, 0-3, one strike out and two men left on base.
Reds 4 - Athletics 2. Orlando Cabrera, 0-5. He left three teammates on base.
Cubs 0 - Mariners 2
Padres 2 - Rays 1
Red Sox 1 - Rockies 2
Dodgers 3 - Angels 6
Indians 1 -Phillies 2
Tigers 6 - Mets 14
Twins 5 - Brewers 7
Braves 6 - White Sox 9
Cardinals 9 - Blue Jays 4
Marlins 10 - Orioles 4
Royals 3 - Nationals 4
Pirates 3 - Rangers 6
Yankees win!
Let's go Yankees!
¡Por la lucha XXVIII! ¡Todos a portar el 28!
It might be an interesting match for the fans in Seattle. However, the attendance was 27.975 even though there are 47.116 sits available. 26.074 is the season average number of people who go to the games in the 'Emerald City'.
The Mariners haven't won over their fans yet, but they had won four consecutive games before facing the Cubs. The fanatics might think that despite that stat, their team's season is a shame. The straight couldn't be enough due to the fact that they had lost 10 of 16 and 13 of the previous 22; and they hold a lead in 49 of 69 matches (21 blown leads in losses).
Chicago Cubs' coach, Lou Piniella, who managed the Mariners for 10 years between 1993 and 2002 and got them to win 116 games in 2001, was not even a motivating factor for fans to attend and shout their displeasure.
With a huge or low number of people, with Lou Piniella or any other known face, it was time to hear, "Play ball!". The loyal fans who attended Safeco Field watched a close game, in which Franklin Gutierrez batted a two run-homeun in the second to defeat 2-0 the starter Ryan Dempster and the Cubs, who faced the pitcher Jason Vargas.
I was stunned when I read Vargas' stats (6-2, 2.66, including the game against the Cubs), so I had a lot of expectation to see him. This is the fourth season for the lefty (2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010-Don't count 2007 because he only threw in two games) and he has played his best pitching. In Tuesday's, he threw his fifth straight quality start and his 12th of the season: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO. Dempster also did a good job: 8.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 SO.
"Dempster pitched well; so did their trio of pitchers. We wasted a good pitching performance on our side. Give up two runs, your pitcher is doing his job", said Piniella about the Cubs losing and Dempster's performance.
The Mariners got their fifth consecutive win. It's time for Mariners fans to attend Safeco Field on Wednesday and Thursday. There were still be 18.000 and 9.000 tickets for each of those days when the series began.
Third
The Cubs and the Mariners are playing the third series between them. Now the Cubs have a 4-3 lead. Chicago took two of three in 2002 at Safeco, and two of three at Wrigley Field in 2007.
Yankees burned Arizona
The New York Yankees won the second game of the three game series in Arizona after losing 10-4 last Monday. This time the bats were hot hiting 12 hits to win 9-3 at Chase Field. Andy Pettitte was also awesome: 7.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO.
The Yankees had scored three runs, batted in by Alex Rodriguez, who homered (2-RBIs) and singled to let their teammates run home, before they had a six-run inning in the eighth. Mark Teixeira, Robinson Cano, Jorge Posada, Curtis Granderson and Colin Curtis (he hit the winning homerun in the first spring training game) had RBI in that explosive inning. Curtis hit a two-RBI double.
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I won't write on Wednesday. I'll watch the second game of the series at Safeco Field, but as a baseball fan. See you on Tuesday.
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MLB results: June 22
Yankees 9 - Diamondbacks 3
Giants 3 - Astros 1. Edgar Renteria, 0-3, one strike out and two men left on base.
Reds 4 - Athletics 2. Orlando Cabrera, 0-5. He left three teammates on base.
Cubs 0 - Mariners 2
Padres 2 - Rays 1
Red Sox 1 - Rockies 2
Dodgers 3 - Angels 6
Indians 1 -Phillies 2
Tigers 6 - Mets 14
Twins 5 - Brewers 7
Braves 6 - White Sox 9
Cardinals 9 - Blue Jays 4
Marlins 10 - Orioles 4
Royals 3 - Nationals 4
Pirates 3 - Rangers 6
Yankees win!
Let's go Yankees!
¡Por la lucha XXVIII! ¡Todos a portar el 28!
