May 08
- After pitching three straight games, Tyler Walker will not be available to pitch in tonight’s game according to manager Joe Maddon.
- The Rays have not won 2 straight since sweeping the lowly Kansas City Royals on April 16.
- Tampa’s bullpen has allowed the second highest batting average in the majors (.302). That is not good…but it is especially not good when the bullpen has pitched the most innings in the AL.
- On the flip side, the starting pitchers have an ERA of 3.05 in their last 11 games.
- Tonight’s starter Casey Fossum has 2.21 ERA at home (3 starts) and a 9.60 ERA on the road (3 starts).
- Fossum has hit more batters than anyone in baseball since the start of the 2004 season (34). Luckily for him, his pitches couldn’t possibly hurt anybody.
- Interestingly, LH batters are hitting .358 against Fossum while righties are .226 on the season.
- The Mariners are 13-20, last in the AL West.
- Seattle just lost 2 of 3 at home to the Cleveland Indians.
- Seattle pitchers are 4th in the AL with a 4.11 ERA.
- The M’s lead the AL in stolen bases (28).
Probable Pitchers
Monday, 10:05 et
Devil Rays Casey Fossum, LHP (1-1, 5.50)
Seattle Gil Meche, RHP (1-2, 4.73)
Tuesday, 10:05 et
Devil Rays Doug Waechter, RHP (0-1, 6.46)
Seattle Felix Hernandez, RHP (1-4, 5.40)
Wednesday, 4:35 et
Devil Rays Scott Kazmir, LHP (4-2, 3.43)
Seattle Jamie Moyer, LHP (1-2, 3.68)
May 08
- After pitching three straight games, Tyler Walker will not be available to pitch in tonight’s game according to manager Joe Maddon.
- The Rays have not won 2 straight since sweeping the lowly Kansas City Royals on April 16.
- Tampa’s bullpen has allowed the second highest batting average in the majors (.302). That is not good…but it is especially not good when the bullpen has pitched the most innings in the AL.
- On the flip side, the starting pitchers have an ERA of 3.05 in their last 11 games.
- Tonight’s starter Casey Fossum has 2.21 ERA at home (3 starts) and a 9.60 ERA on the road (3 starts).
- Fossum has hit more batters than anyone in baseball since the start of the 2004 season (34). Luckily for him, his pitches couldn’t possibly hurt anybody.
- Interestingly, LH batters are hitting .358 against Fossum while righties are .226 on the season.
- The Mariners are 13-20, last in the AL West.
- Seattle just lost 2 of 3 at home to the Cleveland Indians.
- Seattle pitchers are 4th in the AL with a 4.11 ERA.
- The M’s lead the AL in stolen bases (28).
Probable Pitchers
Monday, 10:05 et
Devil Rays Casey Fossum, LHP (1-1, 5.50)
Seattle Gil Meche, RHP (1-2, 4.73)
Tuesday, 10:05 et
Devil Rays Doug Waechter, RHP (0-1, 6.46)
Seattle Felix Hernandez, RHP (1-4, 5.40)
Wednesday, 4:35 et
Devil Rays Scott Kazmir, LHP (4-2, 3.43)
Seattle Jamie Moyer, LHP (1-2, 3.68)
May 08
Shhhhhh….let’s try not to get too excited, and don’t tell anyone, but the Ray’s bullpen is starting to look decent. We can’t help but notice that the strong outings by the bullpen over the last 4 days began the day after Dan Miceli went on the DL…So THAT is what a major league bullpen looks like…From the offensive bullpen to the offense…maybe it is a coincidence…maybe Jason Kendall is a terrible defensive catcher…maybe it is because of the return of Julio Lugo to the top of the order or maybe it is due to a more agressive approach by manager Joe Maddon, but the team is starting to be much more aggressive on the basepaths. The team had 5 stolen bases on Sunday, including 2 each from the team’s first two batters. Even Ty Wiggington got in on the fun with his 1st of the season…SP Mark Hendrickson had trouble with his control, but pitched well enough to pick up his 2nd win.
May 08
Huntsville 4, Montgomery 1. We got nuthin’
Stockton 14, Visalia 4. We still got nuthin’…no…wait…yep…that’s what we thought…SS Reid Brignac committed 2 errors and now has 13 on the season.
SW Michigan 3, Beloit 1. nuthin’…squat.
Add those three stinkers to the fact the Durham Bulls game was rained out and the only good thing that happened on the farm yesterday was B. J. Upton did NOT commit an error. That’s what we like to call the poo-poo platter.
May 08
Boston 10, Baltimore 3. Mr. Anna Benson surrendered a first inning grand slam to Jason Varitek, and the beantowners cruised to their 4th straight win to keep pace with the Spankees. Baltimore is now 6 back and have lost 8 of 10.
New York 8, Texas 5. Hideki Matsui was the DH so that he could maintain his consecutive games played streak. Some seem to think the streak should include his playing days in Japan. If those games are included his streak now stands at 2089 straight games or 41 games shy of Lou Gehrig’s former record. Matsui rewarded Joe Torre’s decision with a 3-run homer in a 5-run 4th inning that broke a 1-1 tie and gave Torre his 1,000 victory as Yankee manager.
Toronto 3, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim near Disney Land 1. Rookie Casey Janssen earned his first career victory with 7.1 innings of shut out baseball, allowing only 1 hit and 1 walk. Troy Glaus hit his 10th home run. Toronto stays within 2.5 games of Boston and New York.
