Thursday, May 24, 2007

How do you score 12 runs and loose!!!!!????

I can not believe that the Mariners scored 12 runs and lost today to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Ok so the starting pitcher for that game, Horacio Ramirez, got hurt in the second inning but after that how can you let your first guy out of the bullpen give up 7 runs on 6 hits (all earned)!!!Come on, you are giving up the game in the third inning!!! So after that disaster your offense comes back and put some runs on the board your pitching staff has to hold on the opposing team offense to give the team a chance to get back into the game. The Mariners' offense got back into the game but the pitching staff did not hold the Devil Rays offense. It was all about Ichiro and the bottom part of the lineup producing, Richie Sexon and Jose Guillen went 0 for 10 in that game!! That is the middle part of the order from where the RBIs should come from and the rest of the offense scored 12 runs. Imagine if those two guys produced the way they are expected to produce.... I believe that Mike Hargrove can't keep Sexon hitting 5th every day hoping for him to come around and start hitting, he has to get him out of that pressure spot and also he should platoon him with Ben Broussard when the team faces right handed pitchers. Back to the pitching staff, I know that for Sean White, who has done a great job so far throughout the year, it was a tough spot to go into the game in the third inning not expecting so but that is his primary job. So tonight lesson learned for Mike Hargrove and friends(I hope!). I should also note that they were the first team this season to score 12 runs and loose.

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