To the guy who arrived at LL by Googling "why does Adrian Beltre suck," God bless you.
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS SEATTLE MARINERS
Crawford LF Ichiro RF
Lugo SS Winn LF
Huff RF Beltre 3B
Phelps DH Sexson 1B
Hollins CF Ibanez DH
Lee 1B Boone "2B"
Cantu 2B Reed CF
Johnson C Morse SS
Gonzalez 3B Borders C
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Nomo (3-5, 6.52) Moyer (5-2, 5.28)
Moyer's coming off a pair of strong starts in which he's allowed four runs in 14 innings while making his defense do most of the work. Look for more of the same today, with some problem potential given that Tampa Bay's got a pretty quick lineup. Opposing him is Hideo Nomo, who's shooting for his 200th career professional victory, a big deal in Japan since their seasons are shorter than ours. He's had 11 starts this year and walked as many or more batters than he's struck out in seven of them. To make things better (worse?), he's also got a home run problem, as his mid-80s fastball just doesn't quite get the job done anymore. You'd like to think that this is the day when Beltre takes off, but it's almost certainly not, so shut up.
LET'S GO MARINERS!