Seattle Mariners-Oakland Athletics: Cheers and Jeers from Series No. 8

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The Seattle Mariners finished season series number seven with two Jose Lopez game-winning-walk-off singles.  The Mariners and Oakland Athletics battled and battled, while they almost played enough for a four game series.

However based off the late inning “clutch” heroics of second baseman Jose Lopez the Seattle Mariners played well enough to get two out of three at home and raise their division leading record to 15 wins and 10 losses.

Cheer: 3 1-run games in the series, its exciting baseball that keeps you sweating with your team until the very last out, or in our case twice, the winning run scored.

Jeer: While it is hard to complain with two out of three, a sweep would have been the perfect ending to the entire thing. Losing one run games is heartbreaking. Sorry Oakland!

Cheer: Comebacks! In game one after Carlos Silva dished out his traditional 3.2 innings pitched with six hits, six earned runs, and four walks allowed, the Mariners bullpen bit down and only allowed one more run.

Jeer:  Why is Carlos Silva is still allowed to pitch? He no longer has a functional sinker, or any control what so ever. His two “qualities” are now faded and he’s left with the ability to hurl the all towards the plate.

Cheer: Russell Branyan and Franklin Gutierrez took Oakland starter Dana Eveland out of the game with two-two run homeruns in the fifth inning.

Jeer: Nothing for that, I love me some home runs!

Cheer: Game one came to us in the ninth inning after Jose Lopez lined pitch number 14 in the at bat vs. A’s pitcher Russ Springer into right field for the walk off single.

Jeer: Umpire Jim Joyce was unwilling to allow a walk off walk after four straight balls went by forcing Jose Lopez to swing at 10 more balls out of the zone to prevent the strike out. Luckily for both the Mariners won. But the umpire crew this weekend was just terrible, and I’m starting to feel like the pitch cameras should start making calls.

Cheer: Game two featured the Mariners starter Jarrod Washburn against A’s starter Travis Cahill. Jarrod off a shaky start vs. Chicago went seven innings spreading two walks and five hits for one earned run while mixing in six strikeouts.

Jeer: Mariners Mark Lowe blows the hold in the eighth inning by allowing three hits in the inning and one run. It was a tough situation, and Lowe got out of the tough situation by striking out Jack Cust to end the inning, but wins don’t come cheap, and bullpen losses just bite.

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