Seattle Mariners (14-17) at Toronto Blue Jays (10-20)
Starting Pitchers:
Seattle: Hisashi Iwakuma (2-1 1.67)
Toronto: R.A. Dickey (2-4 4.50)
Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Saturday, May 4, 2013
First Pitch: 1:07 pm est
Series Game 2 of 3
Season Game 30 of 162
Umpires:
Home - Ed Hickox
First Base - Lance Barksdale
Second Base - Cory Blaser
Third Base - Jim Joyce
Game Notes
Final in 9
Seattle Mariners: 8
Toronto Blue Jays: 1
In some years of baseball writing I have learned never to make predictions; but today I'm going to go out on a limb and make the great leap. Blue Jays Manager John Gibbons is already fired - the Jays are just waiting for the correct time to make the announcement.
This is not a surprise to this writer - I've been calling for Gibbons' head since an April 16th game against the White Sox, when Gibbons pinch hit Rajai Davis for Colby Rasmus in the 7th in a close game. The move weakened Gibbons' defence going into the late innings (- and the move cost him the game as the winning hit (White Sox, seventh hitter - in the ninth) sailed over the second-string centre fielder's head. (see complete game scorecard for that game - http://internetbaseballscorecard2013.blogspot.ca/2013/04/16-white-sox-at-blue-jays-game-2.html).
Listening to the TV Play-by-Play today - and having watching the team closely through the year so far - I agree with Buck Martinez's take on the level of over-all team 'elan' (today, catcher Henry Blanco not knowing how many outs there were - and the entire team not seeming to know how many outs there were).
I have also learned in some years of baseball writing, that road trips are great places for bad news.
Toronto leaves town for Florida after tomorrow afternoon's finale with the Mariners - I expect the Blue Jays will release Manager John Gibbons at the beginning of this road trip - likely after the papers have gone to bed in the wee hours of Monday morning, May 6th.
It's always nice to let someone off the bus near their home (Texas).
All Scorecard 'Game Notes' are cross posted at Michael Holloway's Baseball Blogs - http://baseball---blog.blogspot.ca/
mh
Seattle Mariners
1. M Saunders CF
2. K Seager 3B
3. K Morales 1B
4. M Morse RF
5. R Ibanez DH
6. K Shoppach C
7. D Ackley 2B
8. E Chavez LF
9. R Andino SS
Per-Inning Totals
Runs
Hits
Errors
LOB
Mariners
Catchers
1.
2.
3.
2.
3.
Infielders
1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
3.
4.
Outfielders
1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
3.
4.
Toronto Blue Jays
1. B Lawrie 3B
2. M Cabrera DH
3. J Bautista RF
4. E Encarnacion 1B
5. C Rasmus CF
6. R Davis LF
7. M Izturis 2B
9th PH M DeRosa
9th PH M DeRosa
8. H Blanco C
9. M Kawasaki SS
9th PH J Arencibia
9th PH J Arencibia
Per-Inning Totals
Runs
Hits
Errors
LOB
Toronto
Catchers
1.
2.
3.
2.
3.
Infielders
1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
3.
4.
Outfielders
1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
3.
4.
1st
1st
1
1
0
0
Bench
Relievers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Starters
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1st
1st
0
2
0
3
Bench
Relievers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Starters
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
2.
3.
4.
5.
2nd
2nd
0
0
0
0
Mariners Pitchers
Hisashi Iwakuma
Yoervis Medina
Oliver Perez
2nd
2nd
0
0
0
0
Toronto Pitchers
R.A. Dickey
Brad Lincoln
Brett Cecil
3rd
3rd
0
0
0
0
Pitching
IP
7.0
1.0
1.0
H
5
0
1
R
1
0
0
3rd
3rd
0
2
0
2
Pitching
IP
6.0
2.0
1.0
H
6
0
2
R
7
0
1
4th
4th
4
2
0
0
Totals
ER
1
0
0
BB
3
0
1
K
5
1
0
4th
4th
0
0
0
0
Totals
ER
7
0
1
BB
2
1
0
K
5
2
0
5th
5th
1
1
0
0
HR
0
0
0
P/S
108/74
15/9
17/10
ERA
1.61
2.45
0.73
5th
5th
0
0
0
0
HR
3
0
0
P/S
100/56
25/17
13/9
ERA
5.36
4.76
1.62
6th
6th
1
2
0
1
6th
6th
0
0
0
0
7th
7th
0
0
0
0
7th
7th
1
1
0
1
8th
8th
0
0
0
1
8th
8th
0
0
0
0
9th
9th
1
2
0
1
9th
9th
0
1
0
2
10th
10th
0
0
0
0
10th
10th
0
0
0
0
11th
11th
0
0
0
0
11th
11th
0
0
0
0
Batting Totals
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
Batting Totals
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
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