Oakland (36-38)
Weeks 2B
Hicks 1B
Reddick RF
Cespedes CF
Inge 3B
Smith LF
Gomes DH
Norris C
Pennington SS
Blackley (1-2, 3.15)
Mariners (31-44)
Ichiro DH
Gutierrez CF
Seager 3B
Montero C
Smoak 1B
Saunders LF
Wells RF
Ackley 2B
Ryan SS
Vargas (7-7, 4.66)
Jason Vargas pitched a good game after his last few outings in which he was rocked with homers. He actually struck out 5 in a row at one point (1st-2nd), and had a career high matching 10 strikesouts. Matching the 10 strikeouts of Ramirez yesterday, it is the first time since 1999 Mariners pitchers have had back-to-back 10 K starts! Oakland got runners on in the 3rd and 4th who were erased by double plays. In the 5th he sandwiched a walk between striking out the side, and gave up another walk in the 6th. But, at that point the Mariners were up 2-0 and Vargas was able to work out of issues each time. In the 7th, he wasn't so lucky. He gave up a monster homer (424 feet) into the Mariners bullpen by Cespedes. Vargas then gave up a two out double to Smith and was pulled for League. He then proceeded to fuck it up for Vargas and give up two consecutive singles to tie the ballgame.
Oakland had Travis Blackley on the mound, former Mariner. It was interesting to see him again, and he had a wicked pickoff move, catching Wells in the 5th. He lasted 7 innings. In the 8th inning Wells lead off with a one strike single to left for Wells. He then stole second base as Ackley was wrung up, and then scored on a Ryan single for the final run of the game. Ryan himself stole second on a 2-1 pitch to Ichiro, which caused Oakland to intentionally walk him to face Guti and Seager, both who flew out. But the one run was all we needed as Wilhelmsen came in to nail down the save.
It was nice to see the Mariners come through in the 8th inning with some clutch hitting. Hell, I'm just excited that they scored more than 1 or 2 runs!
The Mariners are now 9-12 when I attend
Attendance: 12,411 - tied for 3rd fewest ever with 4-19-11
Time of Game: 2:45
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