First Pitch: 12:35pm PDT
Ichiro RF Ellis 2B Lopez 2B Swisher LF Ibanez LF Kotsay CF Sexson 1B Chavez 3B Everett DH Thomas DH Johjima C Crosby SS Reed CF Payton RF Bloomquist 3B Melhuse C Betancourt SS Johnson 1B ---------- ----------
Pineiro (4-3, 4.59) Saarloos (1-1, 5.63)
2006 Kirk Saarloos is what you get when you take a groundball pitcher with a bad K/BB and take away the groundballs. There's really no excuse for the Mariners to not jump all over him, but we all know how that usually goes, so, whatever. It'd be nice if Joel didn't suck, but I'm going to be honest with you - I'm kind of just trying to hang on as best I can until the team makes some changes and the games become somewhat interesting again.
LET'S GO MARINERS!