Well, we had another 4 and 2 week, including another series sweep, this time against Pittsburgh. Overall, we're 8 and 4 in interleague play this year, with two more interleague series remaining: one on the 4th of July weekend against the Cardinals, and the other next weekend against our geographic rival, San Diego (I think I've made enough jokes about the I-5 series that I can let it slip by this time). In between we play two series with the Rangers, the first of which begins tomorrow when Clint Nageotte faces Ryan Drese. Nageotte will presumably get the double duty.
I keep trying to supress any optimism about our chances of getting back in the race, but we have reduced our deficit in the standings from 11 to 9 games in the last two weeks. At that pace, we'll overtake first place around the last week of August.
Mariner of the Week: Randy Winn has been our best hitter lately, but as a whole, the hitting has been terrible (so this is just an honorable mention for Winn). The starting staff saw strong individual outings from Freddy Garcia, Jamie Moyer (which included a 2-RBI single), and Joel Pineiro, but none of it is enough to earn the MOW. So, the Mow goes to Eddie Guardado, who got 3 saves in 4 appearances, and struck out 5 in 4.1 innings.
Tune in later this week (or maybe next) for the Odd Thoughts All-Star selection show.
Posted by chefchuddy at June 21, 2004 10:20 AMNow let's give credit where credit is due. I believe the information regarding Moyer's 2-RBI single was submitted by Chief Northwest Mariners Corespondent, me.
Posted by: Deacon Blues at June 22, 2004 01:02 PMI believe you are just the husband of the Chief Northwest Baseball Corespondant. Sorry buddy.
Posted by: the booth at June 22, 2004 08:06 PM