Series Thread: M's Rest Of Season Thread 2021

[NWinAZ]

It is so much easier playing the underdog role vs holding your own fate in your hands. It looked like the moment was just a bit too big for the boys tonight. Oh well. It is just too bad they outlawed the bunt in baseball...

 

[blstoker]

It is so much easier playing the underdog role vs holding your own fate in your hands. It looked like the moment was just a bit too big for the boys tonight. Oh well. It is just too bad they outlawed the bunt in baseball...

Yeah, when Torrens was on third and they shifted for Kelenic, my thought was that it was a good time for him to bunt down the line.

I kind've felt for Kelenic on his strikeout - he wanted it too much and knew the second he swung that he screwed up. Live broadcast picked up like 5 f-bombs.

 

[Duders]

Statistically we're not dead yet.....close though.

 

[NWinAZ]

Yeah, when Torrens was on third and they shifted for Kelenic, my thought was that it was a good time for him to bunt down the line.

Dead on. And after he K'd, I wanted Murphy to do the same because I knew there was 0 chance he was making contact. That Angels reliever was smirking his ass off after each strikeout.

 

[wazzu31]

Yeah, when Torrens was on third and they shifted for Kelenic, my thought was that it was a good time for him to bunt down the line.

I kind've felt for Kelenic on his strikeout - he wanted it too much and knew the second he swung that he screwed up. Live broadcast picked up like 5 f-bombs.

It wasn’t just Kelenic though. Throughout Toro’s AB Simms made sure those of us who were listening to it that the Angels were giving up the free run.

 

[NWinAZ]

It is pretty obvious why we struggle. And this is why it pisses me off every time I read Dipoto say I would not have done anything different at the deadline. Even a small upgrade at one of our black hole spots would have changed several games.

 

[AceKeptic]

Statistically we're not dead yet.....close though.

Just gotta remember to try and hang on to that early lead. We can't afford to choke it quickly like Gonzales did tonight.

 

[Podunkparte]

Inability to simply put bat on ball.

That's the most frustrating way to not score

 

[NWinAZ]

Just gotta remember to try and hang on to that early lead. We can't afford to choke it quickly like Gonzales did tonight.

Agreed, but Marco is no Ace like Randy or Felix. There was no way we were winning 1-0.

 

[NWinAZ]

Here is my other head scratcher of the game. RH'ers hit Suarez at .206. LH'ers hit .314. So why wasn't Fraley or Bauer in LF instead of Moore? Both are better bats and both are better fielders. Maybe one of them actually make the catch on the ball that we gave up both runs on.

 

[blstoker]

It wasn’t just Kelenic though. Throughout Toro’s AB Simms made sure those of us who were listening to it that the Angels were giving up the free run.

I'm not sure I agree with the Toro AB being a give up on the run. Yes they shifted, but the tv broadcast showed that the infield was in. They were playing for the throw home on a ground ball. It wasn't until Toro walked that they moved back into DP depth while still shifted. A bunt may have worked because of the shift, but the Mayfield may have still had a play at the plate in the scenario - He played much further off the line and deeper against Kelenic.

Unfortunately, we had 4 chances to put the ball in play after the triple - and no one could do it.

 

[blstoker]

Here is my other head scratcher of the game. RH'ers hit Suarez at .206. LH'ers hit .314. So why wasn't Fraley or Bauer in LF instead of Moore? Both are better bats and both are better fielders. Maybe one of them actually make the catch on the ball that we gave up both runs on.

Probably because Servais is stuck in the RHB vs LHP trope that so many people seem to cling to - even when the numbers would dictate something else. Saurez has pitched against Seattle 4 times this year , Moore has started each of the last 3 of those, and he was hurt during the other one.

 

[Cloud]

Not the ideal outcome but a great atmosphere at the ballpark tonight. Really missed some key opportunities tonight. After the triple, all that was needed was to put in the ball in play but failed to do so. Same with the lead-off double bottom 9. This was a game they definitely should've won and really disappointing to see Moore continuing to fail in key situations.

There was no reason the runners should not cross the leadoff triple and double should not cross the plate in the 7th and 9th innings.

 

[wazzu31]

I'm not sure I agree with the Toro AB being a give up on the run. Yes they shifted, but the tv broadcast showed that the infield was in. They were playing for the throw home on a ground ball. It wasn't until Toro walked that they moved back into DP depth while still shifted. A bunt may have worked because of the shift, but the Mayfield may have still had a play at the plate in the scenario - He played much further off the line and deeper against Kelenic.

Unfortunately, we had 4 chances to put the ball in play after the triple - and no one could do it.

I can’t say obviously because I didn’t see the defensive lineup. Just the way Simms portrayed it, it would’ve been a lot easier for Toro than Kelenic. Maybe he saw it wrong or I misunderstood him

 

[NWinAZ]

I can’t say obviously because I didn’t see the defensive lineup. Just the way Simms portrayed it, it would’ve been a lot easier for Toro than Kelenic. Maybe he saw it wrong or I misunderstood him

You listen to Sims?

 

[MarinersBestFan]

Nats just tied it up 1-1 in bottom of 8th ( stranded 2nd and 3rd to end the inning after a sac fly by Soto w/ 1 out )
Yankees have dropped 2 in a row now.
TOR destroyed BAL
Mariners MUST win tonite or they could maybe be eliminated from WC chance / tie breaker.
If Nats can beat BOS todays game and we can win tonite vs LAA .... going to be like 4 teams within 1 game of each other going into tomorrow

 

[Duders]

Bosox take the game and Houston is 6-2 over Oakland bottom of the 3rd so far

 

[niterunner]

Andrés Muñoz reinstated from the 60-day IL and on to the big league roster.

 

[Cloud]

Hello from T-Mobile Park! Last night’s game

 

[Podunkparte]

I won't be terribly upset if Dylan Moore isn't a Mariner next year.