I am getting antsy on Buck Showalter. I’ll add to his report card the reasons for his grades. I need to focus first on this four game series with the Mariners. The Mariners and Rangers both will be coming off a shutout to start this series… who will strike first blood? Seeing as to how the Weatherman missed out on everything in the previous series, I am tempted to say the Rangers will lose them all in hopes of “Opposites”. I don’t think I could hit water falling out of a boat, but there is always hope, right?
I get to go to the game on Friday. It’s “Jim Sundberg” bobble-head night and he will be autographing it for the first three innings. And then Saturday, I journey down to Houston for a game! A big weekend of baseball! YEAH!
Mariners (56-57) at Rangers (57-58)
Thursday: Adam Eaton (1-2) vs. Joel Piñeiro (7-9)
Adam only recorded two outs in his last start before being ejected. He has an ERA of 5.23 this season and has thrown 10 1/3 innings this year. Piñeiro has a 5.78 mark this year, but is better on the road with a 4.92 ERA. Adam has only one start at home and boasts a 7.36 ERA at Ameriquest. The Rangers, as I mentioned, are coming off a stomping of the A’s, whereas the Mariners squeaked past the Devil Rays with a 2-0 victory. The Mariners are a little hot, sweeping the lowly Devil Rays. The bare-minimum for the Rangers is to walk away from this home-stand 4-2. Look for Eaton to try to redeem himself after his sad, sad start a few days ago. Forecast: Rangers win the opener and Eaton gets a quality start: 6-2.
Friday: Kip Wells (1-0) vs. Gil Meche (9-6)
This should be a good game. What a Meche Seattle’s in! The dude is sporting a 4.35 ERA, but the good thing for the Rangers is he is also 0-2 in his last four starts. And his ERA has gone up in that stretch from 3.87 to 4.35. The Hammer loves to face him. Blalock has 3 homeruns and 7 RBIs in 29 at-bats, while strutting a .414 average. Young has 2 dingers and 7 RBIs in 30 at-bats and is batting an even .400. Lee has 14 at-bats against Mr. Unclean and has 1 homerun and 3 RBIs. Meche, in his career against the Rangers, has a 6.60 ERA and a 4-6 mark. Wells has two career games against Seattle (accounting for 2 1/3 innings) and has a 0-1 record and a 3.86 ERA. Sexson has 29 at-bats with 1 homerun and 3 RBIs. He has whiffed 10 times. YOWZAH! Forecast: Rangers take this one with a storm 12-3.
Saturday: Edison Vólquez (0-1) vs. Jamie Moyer (6-10)
Sunday: Kevin Millwood (10-8) vs. Félix Hernández (10-9)
I get to go to the game on Friday. It’s “Jim Sundberg” bobble-head night and he will be autographing it for the first three innings. And then Saturday, I journey down to Houston for a game! A big weekend of baseball! YEAH!
Mariners (56-57) at Rangers (57-58)
Thursday: Adam Eaton (1-2) vs. Joel Piñeiro (7-9)
Adam only recorded two outs in his last start before being ejected. He has an ERA of 5.23 this season and has thrown 10 1/3 innings this year. Piñeiro has a 5.78 mark this year, but is better on the road with a 4.92 ERA. Adam has only one start at home and boasts a 7.36 ERA at Ameriquest. The Rangers, as I mentioned, are coming off a stomping of the A’s, whereas the Mariners squeaked past the Devil Rays with a 2-0 victory. The Mariners are a little hot, sweeping the lowly Devil Rays. The bare-minimum for the Rangers is to walk away from this home-stand 4-2. Look for Eaton to try to redeem himself after his sad, sad start a few days ago. Forecast: Rangers win the opener and Eaton gets a quality start: 6-2.
Friday: Kip Wells (1-0) vs. Gil Meche (9-6)
This should be a good game. What a Meche Seattle’s in! The dude is sporting a 4.35 ERA, but the good thing for the Rangers is he is also 0-2 in his last four starts. And his ERA has gone up in that stretch from 3.87 to 4.35. The Hammer loves to face him. Blalock has 3 homeruns and 7 RBIs in 29 at-bats, while strutting a .414 average. Young has 2 dingers and 7 RBIs in 30 at-bats and is batting an even .400. Lee has 14 at-bats against Mr. Unclean and has 1 homerun and 3 RBIs. Meche, in his career against the Rangers, has a 6.60 ERA and a 4-6 mark. Wells has two career games against Seattle (accounting for 2 1/3 innings) and has a 0-1 record and a 3.86 ERA. Sexson has 29 at-bats with 1 homerun and 3 RBIs. He has whiffed 10 times. YOWZAH! Forecast: Rangers take this one with a storm 12-3.
Saturday: Edison Vólquez (0-1) vs. Jamie Moyer (6-10)
Sunday: Kevin Millwood (10-8) vs. Félix Hernández (10-9)
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