His four home runs have come off the 1st, 2nd, 1st and 2nd pitch of the at bat. “Other than that, I thought we played a ball game”, Seattle first-year manager Scott Servais told the media afterward. “We’ll leave it at that. We certainly know they won the division past year, and we know we have to bring our “A” game every night”.
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Banister said he never contemplated pulling his ace in the seventh.
The Rangers were Hernandez’s favorite opponent during the 2015 season, as he was able to go 5-0 against them with a 1.83 ERA. “I came out (of the dugout) to keep our guys in check”.
There was more to it, and much it was caught live on the Root Sports Northwest field microphone. But Servais is right; the two teams play 17 more times this season, including four times over the next eight days. “You want your manager to show fire”. And the lead was 10-2. Leonys Martin tied the game with another bloop – a double to left for his third hit of the game. The Mariners led 4-2. In this sense, he’s just doing what he has always done-standing on his pride and working harder than he needs to to get the right thing done, even if his arm falls off in the process. Kyle Seager had a two-run single in the rally to put the Mariners on top. The Nos. 6-9 hitters – 1B Ryan Rua, LF Justin Ruggiano, C Bryan Holaday and SS Hanser Alberto – all made their season debuts for Texas.
Texas starter Martin Perez gave up two runs and two hits in six innings, including a line-drive homer from Cruz leading off the fourth. He struck out a batter and didn’t allow a hit. They have six homers through two games…
“Yeah, this is the major leagues”, Servais said.
Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor (12) tags out Seattle Mariners Chris Iannetta, right, between first and second base during the fifth inning of a baseball game Monday, in Arlington, Texas.
Nelson Cruz, Seth Smith, Luis Sardinas and Cano had a home run in game 2, showcasing the power this Seattle lineup can produce. Robinson Cano has hit 4 HRs in 3 games.
Prince Fielder then lofted a soft fly into short left field, which dropped in front of Nori Aoki for an RBI single. Either that or Pitchf/x needs to be recalibrated… Dae-Ho Lee grounded into a double play and flied to center in his first major-league start before getting removed for a pinch-hitter. Rafael Palmeiro is the all-time leader with 130, followed by Juan Gonzalez (115), Ivan Rodriguez (108), Michael Young (101) and Alex Rodriguez (99).
“We are going to have to find a way”, said catcher Bryan Holaday, who started on Wednesday.
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Mariners: RHP Hisashi Iwakuma makes the first start of his fifth season with Seattle a week shy of his 35th birthday. If he does, he’ll be assigned outright to Triple-A Tacoma. Tom Wilhelmsen allowed four hits and hit a batter in his Texas debut on Tuesday night.
