Rays vs. Mariners

by thebaddancingraysfan on Apr 20, 2009 2:11 PM EDT

The beautiful ship was upside down, flipped over by a massive wave. It was known quickly to the survivors that the the ship was taking on water quickly. Now the passengers who were zealous and overjoyed had to find a way to survive. Am I talking about the 2009 Tampa Bay Rays season? No, I am talking about the 1972 movie The Poseidon Adventure. But, the plot could easily describe the beginning of the season for our Tampa Bay Blue.

Next, on the docket for the Rays travel to the land of Starbucks and Sir Mix-a-lot to take on the Seattle Mariners. The Rays are 40-58 life time against the M's but taking the series last year 4 games to three.

Probables:

Tue, Apr 21	@ Seattle	10:10 PM	Sonnanstine (0-1)	Washburn (2-0)
Wed, Apr 22	@ Seattle	10:10 PM	Niemann (0-2)	Jakubauskas (1-1)
Thu, Apr 23	@ Seattle	6:40 PM	Shields (2-1)	Hernandez (2-0)

Time Capsule:

Now, this is one of my favorite games. Toby Hall is the difference in this game where he scored on a Jaime Moyer balk.

Safeco Field, Attendance: 21,801

Wednesday, May 10, 2006, 1:37PM
Time of Game: 2:21

Devil Rays 1 14-21 Won 1 5th, 7 GB Joe Maddon

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Devil Rays      0  0  0   0  1  0   0  0  0    1  4  1
Mariners        0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    0  4  0

W: Scott Kazmir (5-2), L: Jamie Moyer (1-3), S: Tyler Walker (4)

Mariners 0 15-21 Lost 1 4th, 3½ GB Mike Hargrove

Batting Stats

Tampa Bay Devil Rays         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit  Str   PO   A  Details
D Hollins RF                  4   0   1   0    0   0  .242  .718   18   11    1   0   2B
C Crawford LF                 3   0   0   0    0   0  .260  .662   13    9    1   0   SH
J Gomes DH                    4   0   0   0    0   2  .291 1.064   15    9    0   0   
A Huff 3B                     4   0   0   0    0   0  .156  .505   16    9    0   3   
  J Lugo SS                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .217  .511              0   0   
T Wigginton 2B                3   0   0   0    0   1  .256  .819   20   14    0   2   
T Hall C                      3   1   2   0    0   0  .295  .772   16   11   11   0   2B
T Lee 1B                      3   0   1   0    0   1  .215  .656   10    8   11   0   
T Perez SS-3B                 3   0   0   0    0   0  .195  .530    8    6    1   6   
J Gathright CF                3   0   0   0    0   1  .196  .554    7    6    2   0   

S Kazmir P                                                                    0   0
  R Lugo P                                                                    0   1
  T Walker P                                                                  0   0
Totals                       30   1   4   0    0   5              123   83   27  12

Batting Events 2B: D Hollins (8, off J Moyer); T Hall (7, off J Moyer). SH: C Crawford (4, off J Moyer). TB: T Hall 3; D Hollins 2; T Lee. Team LOB: 3. With RISP: 0 for 7. Fielding Events E: T Perez (4).

Seattle Mariners             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit  Str   PO   A  Details
I Suzuki RF                   4   0   1   0    0   1  .287  .708   17   13    1   0   SB
J Lopez 2B                    4   0   0   0    0   1  .278  .753   21   12    3   2   
R Ibanez LF                   4   0   1   0    0   1  .301  .826   19    9    3   0   2B
R Sexson 1B                   4   0   0   0    0   3  .186  .582   19   12    9   3   
C Everett DH                  4   0   0   0    0   1  .229  .749   11    9    0   0   
A Beltre 3B                   3   0   0   0    1   2  .225  .592   17   10    0   1   
W Bloomquist CF-SS            3   0   2   0    0   0  .333  .720   13    7    2   0   
R Rivera C                    2   0   0   0    0   2  .176  .693   11    7    5   1   
  K Johjima PH-C              1   0   0   0    0   0  .271  .744    3    2    1   0   
Y Betancourt SS               2   0   0   0    0   0  .257  .617    9    8    0   1   
  R Petagine PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .286 1.016    4    3    0   0   
  J Reed CF                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .192  .535              0   0   

J Moyer P                                                                     3   1
  E Guardado P                                                                0   0
Totals                       32   0   4   0    1  11              144   92   27   9

Batting Events 2B: R Ibanez (10, off T Walker). TB: R Ibanez 2; W Bloomquist 2; I Suzuki. Team LOB: 6. With RISP: 0 for 9. Baserunning Events SB: I Suzuki (12, 3rd base off S Kazmir/T Hall).

Pitching Stats

Tampa Bay Devil Rays          IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
S Kazmir, W (5-2)              7     3   0   0    1   9   0   2.94   26  110-70   42·15·13   12· 4· 1· 0     79    -     1.25   0.50
R Lugo, H (2)                  1     0   0   0    0   0   0   4.09    3   14-10    7· 0· 3    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    1.91   0.15
T Walker, S (4)                1     1   0   0    0   2   0  11.57    4   12-10    5· 3· 2    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    4.50   0.21
Totals                         9     4   0   0    1  11   0          33  136-90   54·18·18   14· 7· 1· 0           -

Seattle Mariners              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Moyer, L (1-3)               8     4   1   1    0   5   0   3.29   28  114-78   44·15·19   11·12· 5· 0     75    -     1.10   0.31
E Guardado                     1     0   0   0    0   0   0   6.39    3    7-4     4· 0· 0    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.57   0.04
Totals                         9     4   1   1    0   5   0          31  121-82   48·15·19   12·14· 5· 0           -

Balks: J Moyer (1). WP: S Kazmir (3). HBP: None. IBB: None. Pickoffs: None. So Draysbay, will the Rays sink the Seattle Seamen? Go Rays!

Poll

How will the Tampa Bay Rays do in their three game set against the Seattle Mariners?

Rays sweep all three games!

4 votes

Rays take two out of three!

13 votes

M's take two out of three!

10 votes

M's sweep all three games.

5 votes

I don't vote and I don't like anyone who does vote.

2 votes

34 votes | Poll has closed

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Comments

I can't see either side sweeping.

2/3 for the M’s. I could see something like a 1-0 M’s victory in the final game, with Shields and Felix both going all the way.

"The dark secret of LL is that it only exists so I can one day moderate Graham" ---Robert

by .Taylor on Apr 20, 2009 2:31 PM EDT reply actions

I love in seattle now, and I normally only get to see three rays games a year.

Only going to go to one this year.

Sonnestine? Neimann?

No thanks, I don’t want to drop the cash to see the rays get blown out.

by putupyourDUKES on Apr 20, 2009 2:34 PM EDT reply actions

Rays gotta be getting off the shnide soon

A west coast road trip is not the most ideal senarios, but I’m picking the Rays to win 2 out of 3 anyway.

"Where we all wait in earnest with pudding in hand for the Upton comet to sail through the roofed skies, so that we may meet Him."

by kericr on Apr 20, 2009 3:50 PM EDT reply actions

The key is to hit the ball to Yuniesky Betancourt.

Preferably a few feet to his left or right, although it’s probably better to go to just to his side of second since otherwise you run the risk of Adrian Beltre mucking things up. If properly employed this strategy will lead to at least 792 consecutive singles.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 21, 2009 5:56 PM EDT reply actions