Seattle baseball fans in May, a record has seen the Mariners for five consecutive hits with two outs Get
Any baseball fans in Seattle to get a little 'excited about their team assigned to the Mariners managed to come from behind to win 7-4 and a victory Monday against the Orioles in Baltimore (04/06/2007).
The score and win pretty pedestrian until you discover that the Mariners were behind 4-3 with two in the eighth inning. Mudville lot like Casey just bat. Only once in 53 straight games since Seattle has come back after the fallgoing into the 8th inning.
Then, it was as if the skies parted in a night game and some mighty power from above said, "Swing the bat and I will give the ball eyes to see a friendly spot to land."
In short order, five consecutive two-out hits had the Mariners beginning the 9th inning with a 7-4 lead.
The rally started with singles by shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt and all-purpose utility player Willie Bloomquist who played third base for starter Adrian Beltre and then moved to center field.
Then the normal designated hitter Jose Vitro, who was taking the night off due to a bruised finger, was tapped to pinch hit and delivered a grounder off second baseman Brian Roberts' glove and into center field to tie the game at 4-4.
Seattle's superstar center fielder Ichiro, the designated hitter in place of Vitro, delivered his third hit of the night, a solid single to left making it 5-4. By now, Mariner fans were on verge of mixed emotions: joy and happiness.
The topper and break away hit came from second baseman Jose Lopez who delivered some helpful insurance with a two-run double to right field to make it 7-4.
In came Seattle's lights out closer J. J. Putz who recorded his 14th save in 14 attempts. Game over. Turn out the lights and Mariners left Safeco Field with a 29-25 mark, the first time they have been 4 games over .500 in three years.
So what is the big deal in Seattle? Two things:
1) Maybe the big league team in his hometown franchise coming from behind with five consecutive two hits in the eighth inning to win. This is not the case in Seattle in at least four years and perhaps ever. I do not know if the statistics are kept in this event.
I've seen more than 1,000 baseball games and I've never seen a team behind two touchdowns last five wins eighth consecutive time. In general, a walk, a timid, beaten to a pulp and an error combined with fewer matchesThis allows a team to achieve victory in the game so late comeback.
2) Although the history of the team in Seattle Rain is rain between what is referred to a Mariner victory.
After a miracle that the Mariners 1995 season, his first Division Series against the New York Yankees American League to win another place of miraculous 3-2 (lost their first two games and has won the last three), supports construction of Safeco Field Seattle, state of the artbaseball venue.
Local fans remember the Mariners going on to win the 1997 AL West title, the 2000 AL West title and the 2001 AL West title with a record-setting 116-46 finish.
Then Seattle had identical 93-69 seasons in 2002 and 2003, and followed that by sucking pond water with three consecutive losing seasons, unable to even break .500. So Monday's "miracle" finish brought back memories and hope that the Mariners are once again on the rise back to the top of the Heap.
Seattle is always a little 'wind in their sails in Puget Sound and the blue sky of summer to remember because baseball is and always will be, hobby tea.
Copyright © 2007 Ed Bagley
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