Mariner Report
This week went much better than the first two with the M's posting a 5 and 2
mark that could have easily been 6 and 1 if Kazuhiro Sasaki had been able to
hold off the Angels Saturday night. Although Sasaki had 2 saves this week he
also had 2 blown saves. Despite his poor performance, the M's bullpen still has
the lowest ERA in the game. Here's how we stand now that we've wrapped up our
first run through our division rivals: 3/3 vs. Anaheim, 4/2 vs. Texas, 4/3 vs.
Oakland leaving us 11/8 on the season and 1 game ahead of the A's in 1st place.
The bats looked much better, although Ichiro is still not measuring up to
expectations. Now is our chance to establish ourselves as the best in the West.
Other than 2 series against the Yankees, we have a pretty easy schedule until
the middle of June, highlighted by next week's line up against Cleveland and
Detroit.
Mariner of the Week: Honorable mention last week turned into full honors this
week for Bret Boone. Boone batted .393 with 3 HRs and 7 RBI. Maybe 2001 wasn't a
fluke.