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pauwoo · 05-13-2021, 09:13 AM

Cleveland Indians (18-17, .514, 4th AL Central) @ Seattle Mariners (24-13, .649, 2nd AL West)
It’s good to be home and better to be back in action at T-Mo Park against a club whose form is, seemingly, worse than ours. Cleveland stumbles into town on a 4-7 record so far this month with their fortunes, or lack thereof, tied to their dismal, 14th ranked offense. The pitching has been solid – they are ranked 6th in the AL overall and find themselves ranked 6th or better in Starters ERA, FIP, pWAR, defensive efficiency, and zR – which, for our ho-hum offense (ranked 4th overall in aggregate, but nowhere near that effective lately), will present the kind of challenge we aren’t looking forward to. Our form heading into this one is pedestrian at best, middling, average… we just don’t seem to have that swagger, that cocksureness that carried us through the early part of the season thus far. That edge, or whatever it was that we had in April, has dulled a bit. It’s in need of sharpening, some good old-fashioned blacksmithing to bring our broadsword up to, at least, medieval standards. There is an opportunity here for the taking – a chance to run roughshod over a club that comes in looking a bit shabbier than us, like they’ve been on one, long, perpetual walk of shame since this thing started last month, and really, an opportunity for us to get back to the top of the pops in the AL West and, finally, put those pesky A’s back into our rearview mirror…

38 of 162: Cal Quantrill (2-2, 4.62) @ Aaron Sanchez (2-0, 2.91)
Win, 7-2. Cleveland opened up the game/series with a bunt… for a hit. Which felt like an overly specific 'your momma' joke that hit a little too close to home – we’d answer back though, because, while we’re not the biggest bully on the block we got some girth on these guys, with a DP on a poorly hit ball down the 3rd baseline by the very next batter, Amed Rosario. After that, we’d settle into a conversation with Clarice – a little bit of that quid pro quo if you will – and trade runs back and forth… Ty with an RBI single that brought Wong home, Cleveland with a solo HR (do we care who hit it? No, we do not), and then Haniger came through with a 2-run shot during the bottom of the 5th. The conversation was a little more one-sided from there – we’d pour three more on to run this one up a little bit, regain some of that swagger, and give the hometown faithful something to feel good about. A double for Hedges, 2 dingers for Haniger, and another for Wong would round out the offensive highlights, while the defense was inspired with an early, tone-setting DP and a rip-roaring 8.1 inning, 9 hit, 2 earned performance from Sanchez that included 10 punchouts and kept our bullpen on ice for one more day. This was the win we were looking for.

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Elsewhere: Washington’s Kyle Schwarber went 3 for 4 with THREE HOMERS, TEN RBI, and 3 RUNS during his clubs resounding 13-8 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Harper looked solid in defeat – 2 for 5 with a double, a triple, and 4 RBI, but it wasn’t enough to negate Kyle’s performance here. And, if you’re counting, and why wouldn’t you be, the performance is now ranked as this season’s best with an insane game performance score of 126 which is an astounding 12 points higher than Gio Urshela’s 7 RBI day back during the ides of April.

Record: 25-13
Up Next: It’s 70s night at the park as we’ll don our pitchfork kits and hand out free, Mariner-themed Lava Lamps and fake mustaches to the first 15,000 attendees. The Cleveland organization has promised us that they would be flexing their red pants of yesteryear but I don’t trust it… I’ll believe it when I see it.

05-13-2021, 09:13 AM	#50
pauwoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,266	5/13/2021 Cleveland Indians (18-17, .514, 4th AL Central) @ Seattle Mariners (24-13, .649, 2nd AL West) It’s good to be home and better to be back in action at T-Mo Park against a club whose form is, seemingly, worse than ours. Cleveland stumbles into town on a 4-7 record so far this month with their fortunes, or lack thereof, tied to their dismal, 14th ranked offense. The pitching has been solid – they are ranked 6th in the AL overall and find themselves ranked 6th or better in Starters ERA, FIP, pWAR, defensive efficiency, and zR – which, for our ho-hum offense (ranked 4th overall in aggregate, but nowhere near that effective lately), will present the kind of challenge we aren’t looking forward to. Our form heading into this one is pedestrian at best, middling, average… we just don’t seem to have that swagger, that cocksureness that carried us through the early part of the season thus far. That edge, or whatever it was that we had in April, has dulled a bit. It’s in need of sharpening, some good old-fashioned blacksmithing to bring our broadsword up to, at least, medieval standards. There is an opportunity here for the taking – a chance to run roughshod over a club that comes in looking a bit shabbier than us, like they’ve been on one, long, perpetual walk of shame since this thing started last month, and really, an opportunity for us to get back to the top of the pops in the AL West and, finally, put those pesky A’s back into our rearview mirror… 38 of 162: Cal Quantrill (2-2, 4.62) @ Aaron Sanchez (2-0, 2.91) Win, 7-2. Cleveland opened up the game/series with a bunt… for a hit. Which felt like an overly specific 'your momma' joke that hit a little too close to home – we’d answer back though, because, while we’re not the biggest bully on the block we got some girth on these guys, with a DP on a poorly hit ball down the 3rd baseline by the very next batter, Amed Rosario. After that, we’d settle into a conversation with Clarice – a little bit of that quid pro quo if you will – and trade runs back and forth… Ty with an RBI single that brought Wong home, Cleveland with a solo HR (do we care who hit it? No, we do not), and then Haniger came through with a 2-run shot during the bottom of the 5th. The conversation was a little more one-sided from there – we’d pour three more on to run this one up a little bit, regain some of that swagger, and give the hometown faithful something to feel good about. A double for Hedges, 2 dingers for Haniger, and another for Wong would round out the offensive highlights, while the defense was inspired with an early, tone-setting DP and a rip-roaring 8.1 inning, 9 hit, 2 earned performance from Sanchez that included 10 punchouts and kept our bullpen on ice for one more day. This was the win we were looking for. Elsewhere: Washington’s Kyle Schwarber went 3 for 4 with THREE HOMERS, *TEN RBI, and 3 RUNS during his clubs resounding 13-8 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Harper* looked solid in defeat – 2 for 5 with a double, a triple, and 4 RBI, but it wasn’t enough to negate Kyle’s performance here. And, if you’re counting, and why wouldn’t you be, the performance is now ranked as this season’s best with an insane game performance score of 126 which is an astounding 12 points higher than Gio Urshela’s 7 RBI day back during the ides of April. Record: 25-13 Up Next: It’s 70s night at the park as we’ll don our pitchfork kits and hand out free, Mariner-themed Lava Lamps and fake mustaches to the first 15,000 attendees. The Cleveland organization has promised us that they would be flexing their red pants of yesteryear but I don’t trust it… I’ll believe it when I see it. __________________ Be excellent to each other. the Portland Pioneers \| the Los Angeles Leopards Last edited by pauwoo; 05-13-2021 at 08:40 PM.