Series Thread: M’s at Yankees 5/2-5/4
by Jon Shields ~ May 2nd, 2008
5/2 (04:05 pm PST) - Erik Bedard vs. Chien-Ming Wang
5/3 (10:05 am PST) - Felix Hernandez vs. Mike Mussina
5/4 (10:05 am PST) - Carlos Silva vs. Darrell Rasner
Seattle’s best starters prepare to right the ship at the historic Yankee Stadium after a very disappointing series in Cleveland.
Even with Bedard on the hill, Seattle’s chances are not looking up in game one, as the Mariners our Wang’s favorite team to face. In six career starts against Seattle Wang is 6-0 with a 2.51 ERA.
M’s to watch:
5/2 - Erik Bedard (4-3 with a 3.58 ERA over 55.1 IP against New York), Richie Sexson (.308 career against Wang)
5/3 - Against Mussina: Raul Ibanez (.435/.480/.783 in 25 PA), Ichiro (.375 with 1 homer in 32 PA)
5/4 - Carlos Silva (7.59 ERA in 21.1 career innings against the Yankees). Against Rasner: Kenji Johjima (2/5 with 1 homer), Richie Sexson (2/4 with 1 double, 1 walk), Ichiro (2/5 with 1 double)
Mariner Killer Prediction:
Robinson Cano- This may be the series that Cano starts to turn it around. Cano is hitting .429 with 3 HR and 6 RBI in 14 career at bats against Hernandez and Silva. He is hitting .293 in 21 career games against Seattle. Also keep an eye on Jason Giambi, who is also struggling right now, and Derek Jeter.
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1 May 2nd, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Game 1 is probably just radio for me.. too much to do
2 May 2nd, 2008 at 9:05 pm
We gotta find some offense to support our great starting pitching…
3 May 3rd, 2008 at 9:38 am
Seattle is lucky that the division isn’t out of reach already. Time to stop messing around.. we need a win today!
4 May 3rd, 2008 at 9:56 am
Yeah, we need a win pretty badly…Let’s hope Felix can throw another gem…
I agree we need to get hot or the division is going to be nearly out of reach in about two weeks…
5 May 3rd, 2008 at 11:07 am
pathetic…
Errors killing us for the 2nd straight game. I think I’m going back to bed.
6 May 3rd, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Doesn’t look good fellas
7 May 3rd, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Has anybody seen our offense?????
I think we left it somewhere last September….
8 May 4th, 2008 at 11:24 am
so I went to lunch with the M’s up 2-0, at lunch I joked to my buddy that I’d come back to see them down 7-2. I was too close. What the hell happened? Should I even be surprised at this point?
9 May 4th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Ok…so now it’s 7-2.
10 May 4th, 2008 at 11:27 am
^homers by Melky and Cano, among other things. This is getting old quick.
11 May 4th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Wlad’s bat just doesn’t look MLB-ready. The contact is just not there at all. But to be fair, just about everybody on the team looks that way right now.