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Griever20 · 07-19-2025, 03:36 AM

American League Division Series Game 5:

October 12th, 2015

Seattle Mariners - Toronto Blue Jays @Sky Dome

SEA: SP Kyle Davies(R, 0-0 27.00)
TOR: SP Marcus Stroman(R, 0-0 6.75)

We lit up Davies really good last time, can we do it again is the question. After Stroman retired the side on five pitches and soft to semi-soft contact, the first impression was… no. Davies looked locked in and pitched no-hit inning after no-hit inning while Stroman was in semi-big trouble in the third. John Jaso got a hold on a slider and dribbled it under the glove of a diving Brzezinski at first, and the Mariners promptly started playing smallball, moving him over to third base on a bunt and a groundout. That brought up their best offensive player in Kyle Seager.

Starting off Seager with a changeup looked like a bad idea right away as Seager put a jolt into that one… left field… DEEP… VERY DEEP… TRACK… GLOVE! Castellanos juuust flagged it down at the warning track to end the inning… exhale… Seattle played themselves out of a one-out single when Jose Iglesias was caught stealing on a failed hit-and-run play.

While Canadas finest still were no-hit by Davies of all people, a not so dangerous situation turned into a nightmare for Stroman in the sixth. With Seager, who singled with one out, erased on a fielders choice, Marcus was one out away from getting out of the inning with Daniel Murphy at the plate. With a 1-1 count, Stroman tried a cheeky high sinker to confuse Murphy… but it was the pitcher that looked confused over his right shoulder when the baseball dropped in for an RBI-double.

That was the time when things unravelled for our sinkerballer as veteran Curtis Granderson then rapped a double into the right center field gap to make it 2-0 Seattle. Murphy then zinged a hard groundball into the grass in right field… Granderson to third… AROUND THIRD… RELAY THROW TO FIRST… TO HOME… THEY GOT HIM! GARCIA GOT RID OF THE BALL QUICKLY AND SO DID BRZEZINSKI, INNING OVER!

No reason to really party tho as we were down 2-0 and no-hit so far. That no-hitter ran through the sixth… and for Stroman, the day as over after Ketel Marte sunk his ship with a solo home run, 3-0 SEA. Going into the bottom of the seventh… we NEEDED a rally… A BASE HIT would be nice. Anthony Rendon, the master of big hacks into strikeouts this series… FINALLY got hold of one and homered to left to GET THIS BLOODY NO-HITTER OFF THE BOARD.

Celebrations were muted as we needed more, and things looked up two pitches later as Eugenio hammered one to the right centerfield wall… OFF THE WALL for a double. Now, Mesoraco and Castellanos surely do something right??? Right, Mesoraco swung at a ball down and in that flew lazily to right… Castellanos time. Starting at Davies, he watched the first pitch… AND A BIG SWING AND A DRIVE… RIGHT CENTER… DEEP… WAY DEEP…. Agony. Chris Taylor ran it down at the wall. Brzezinski did nothing as usual, and the inning was over.

Our bullpen with Joe Szczygiel and Kevin Buchanan got the job done… but the truth is, our arch-nemesis was on the pitch. 22-year old Clayton Blackburn had pitched in game one, three and four and amassed 7.1 scoreless innings of 4-hit and 1BB ball with 6K against us… and was back out there to pitch the final two innings…

And he did. Not allowing a baserunner. End of story.

SP Marcus Stroman 6.2IP 8H 3R 3ER 0BB 3K L
3B Anthony Rendon 1-3 R RBI BB HR
DH Eugenio Suárez 1-4 DB
1B Adam Brzezinski 0-2 BB
PH Eric Thames 1-1
HR SEA: Ketel Marte(1)
HR TOR: Anthony Rendon(1)
W: Kyle Davies(1-0 6.23) L: Marcus Stroman(0-1 5.25) SV: Clayton Blackburn(1 0.00)
SEA 3 TOR 1 SEA wins ALDS, advances to ALCS
******** Kyle Davies… Whatever… Gone fishing.

07-19-2025, 03:36 AM	#68
Griever20 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 3,727	2015 ALDS Game 5 American League Division Series Game 5: October 12th, 2015 Seattle Mariners - Toronto Blue Jays @Sky Dome SEA: SP Kyle Davies(R, 0-0 27.00) TOR: SP Marcus Stroman(R, 0-0 6.75) We lit up Davies really good last time, can we do it again is the question. After Stroman retired the side on five pitches and soft to semi-soft contact, the first impression was… no. Davies looked locked in and pitched no-hit inning after no-hit inning while Stroman was in semi-big trouble in the third. John Jaso got a hold on a slider and dribbled it under the glove of a diving Brzezinski at first, and the Mariners promptly started playing smallball, moving him over to third base on a bunt and a groundout. That brought up their best offensive player in Kyle Seager. Starting off Seager with a changeup looked like a bad idea right away as Seager put a jolt into that one… left field… DEEP… VERY DEEP… TRACK… GLOVE! Castellanos juuust flagged it down at the warning track to end the inning… exhale… Seattle played themselves out of a one-out single when Jose Iglesias was caught stealing on a failed hit-and-run play. While Canadas finest still were no-hit by Davies of all people, a not so dangerous situation turned into a nightmare for Stroman in the sixth. With Seager, who singled with one out, erased on a fielders choice, Marcus was one out away from getting out of the inning with Daniel Murphy at the plate. With a 1-1 count, Stroman tried a cheeky high sinker to confuse Murphy… but it was the pitcher that looked confused over his right shoulder when the baseball dropped in for an RBI-double. That was the time when things unravelled for our sinkerballer as veteran Curtis Granderson then rapped a double into the right center field gap to make it 2-0 Seattle. Murphy then zinged a hard groundball into the grass in right field… Granderson to third… AROUND THIRD… RELAY THROW TO FIRST… TO HOME… THEY GOT HIM! GARCIA GOT RID OF THE BALL QUICKLY AND SO DID BRZEZINSKI, INNING OVER! No reason to really party tho as we were down 2-0 and no-hit so far. That no-hitter ran through the sixth… and for Stroman, the day as over after Ketel Marte sunk his ship with a solo home run, 3-0 SEA. Going into the bottom of the seventh… we NEEDED a rally… A BASE HIT would be nice. Anthony Rendon, the master of big hacks into strikeouts this series… FINALLY got hold of one and homered to left to GET THIS BLOODY NO-HITTER OFF THE BOARD. Celebrations were muted as we needed more, and things looked up two pitches later as Eugenio hammered one to the right centerfield wall… OFF THE WALL for a double. Now, Mesoraco and Castellanos surely do something right??? Right, Mesoraco swung at a ball down and in that flew lazily to right… Castellanos time. Starting at Davies, he watched the first pitch… AND A BIG SWING AND A DRIVE… RIGHT CENTER… DEEP… WAY DEEP…. Agony. Chris Taylor ran it down at the wall. Brzezinski did nothing as usual, and the inning was over. Our bullpen with Joe Szczygiel and Kevin Buchanan got the job done… but the truth is, our arch-nemesis was on the pitch. 22-year old Clayton Blackburn had pitched in game one, three and four and amassed 7.1 scoreless innings of 4-hit and 1BB ball with 6K against us… and was back out there to pitch the final two innings… And he did. Not allowing a baserunner. End of story. SP Marcus Stroman 6.2IP 8H 3R 3ER 0BB 3K L 3B Anthony Rendon 1-3 R RBI BB HR DH Eugenio Suárez 1-4 DB 1B Adam Brzezinski 0-2 BB PH Eric Thames 1-1 HR SEA: Ketel Marte(1) HR TOR: Anthony Rendon(1) W: Kyle Davies(1-0 6.23) L: Marcus Stroman(0-1 5.25) SV: Clayton Blackburn(1 0.00) SEA 3 TOR 1 SEA wins ALDS, advances to ALCS ****** Kyle Davies**… Whatever… Gone fishing. __________________ The Montreal Expos... Exposing the New MLB? MLB 2015 - Being the Brewmaster(ended) MLB 2013: The Blue Jays That Never Were(concluded)