Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - Baseball's Wacky Wednesday

Episode Date: September 10, 2020

The Mariners dropped both games of its series against the Giants in San Francisco, the second of which was... bad. However, not nearly as bad as some other teams fared on Wednesday. D.C. talks about both M's losses in San Fran, as well as the two monster performances by the Brewers and Braves yesterday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Thank you for tuning in to Locked-on Mariners, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. Here's your host, D.C. Lundberg. What an interesting day in baseball. Thank you very much, Joey Martin. I am indeed D.C. Lundberg, and this is, of course, Locked-on Mariner's part of the Locked-on Podcast Network. Please remember to download rate and subscribe to this program on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, or whichever podcasting app that you personally care to use. Ask your smart device to play Locked-on Mariners podcast

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We will get to some of the more bizarre scores, as I get a text message from my mother, in the second half of today's show. There was some very high scores. Again, we'll talk about it a little bit later. First, I'm going to recap the two-game series in San Francisco versus the San Francisco Giants. First game was Tuesday, September 8th, and not exactly the best of days for the Seattle Mariners.

Started off okay. As a matter of fact, they got the scoring started right underway in the top of the first inning. RBI ground out from Kyle Seeger. Bottom of the first, RBI single from Brandon Belt of the San Francisco Giants to bring the score to Tideall at one. Top of the second inning, J.P. Crawford hits a three-run double to score Evan White, Luis Torrenz, and Shed Long, Jr. For a four-to-one, Mariners lead. Also in that top of the third inning, Ty France, scores on an RBI single from Jose Marmaléjos.

In the second inning, the Mariners got something of a scare. Starting pitcher, L.J. Newsom took a line drive off of his pitching hand, which popped up into the air and was caught by third baseman Kyle Seeger for a very bizarre 1-5 put-out. He could not continue in the ballgame and was sent for x-rays, which, thank goodness, came back negative. Brady Lale came in to relieve him, pitched two and two-thirds innings, and gave up four runs on five hits, pardon me, and he gave up two home runs, and that would bring the score to five to five. The Giants scored two in the third and two in the fourth. They'd hit the go-ahead home run in the seventh inning off Anthony Masevich for a six to

five victory. Yesterday, Scott Service said that Newsom may not even miss his next start, and what is being called a sore hand feels much better. If you take a line drive off your hand and the next day it is described as sore, you got off pretty lucky. Good news on that front. Also, the Mariners did send Brady Layle to the alternate training site prior to yesterday's game and recalled Jimmy Yakubonis, who had been claimed off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles. And he was in uniform yesterday.

And speaking of yesterday, not the best of games. 10 to 1 was the final. The Mariners didn't score until the eighth inning and only achieved five hits all game. Nick Margievich started and it was not the typical Nick Margivich's start. Six hits, seven runs, all of them earned, three walks, six strikeouts and a home run. Walter Lockett came in for an inning in the third also gave up six hits and three runs all of them earned to account for all 10 San Francisco runs. Again, Mariner's only got five hits all day. Carl Crawford. Carl Crawford.

How about Carl Crawford's cousin, J.P. Crawford. Carl Crawford, hadn't played for years. J.P. Crawford with a hit. Dylan Moore with a hit. Tai France with the hit. Jose Barbar Mallejos with a hit. And Philip Irvin with the five Mariner hits. The run was driven in by Kyle Seeger on a sacrifice fly.

Dylan Moore, scoring on that play. There is some other news, maybe not news, but you may have noticed that Shedlong Jr's playing time has decreased over the last week or so. Dylan Moore is pretty much going to be the everyday second baseman. Thai France started at second base yesterday just to kind of see what he offers on defense at that position. But even with the Mariners wish to develop their young talent at the Major League level this season, or at least the talent that's at least near Major League ready, the Mariners find themselves in a pennant race, believe it or not,

and that is thanks to the extended playoffs in which eight teams in each league are going to advance to the postseason, the two top teams in each division, plus two wild cards. And the Mariners are fortunate that they play in a division, which really is not very good. Oakland is going to win the division, it looks like. They have a five-and-a-half game lead over the second-place Astros,

who are 22 and 22. They're exactly at 500. They have lost seven of their last 10 ball games, and they really haven't been playing very good baseball, much to the delight of fans everywhere. The Mariners are only two and a half games behind the Astros, four second place in the division, propelled by that six-game winning streak,

which was snapped on Tuesday. So the Mariners do have a legitimate chance to make the postseason. Los Angeles, Angels are fourth, and they're 17 and 27. that's a 386 winning percentage, and Texas is 15 and 27, a 357 winning percentage. Los Angeles and Texas are awful. The Mariners really are not that bad, especially when they can get good consistent starting pitching if that bullpen is exposed too much.

I think that's really the team's Achilles heel. And most of the veteran guys who began the season, or at least had been with the team earlier, are on the disabled list, led by Carl Edwards, Jr. or Carl's Jr., of course. I don't get to say the famous star on this program anymore, do I? He's out for the season. Matt McGill's out for the season. Some of the better bullpen pieces are gone for the season.

So it's mostly young kids, and Yoshihisa Hidano is kind of the only veteran presence down there at this time, although Jimmy Yacobonis does have some major league innings under his belt, who was activated before yesterday's ballgame, and did pitch in yesterday's ballgame, got a scoreless inning in, in that 10-1. loss. Mariner's trivia question is actually twofold today, considering that there were some very, very high scores across Major League Baseball yesterday. Today, I shall ask the following. What does the most runs the Mariners have given up in one ball game, and what is the most runs they have scored in one ball game? Answers following this from Belt Bar. They're back. Yes indeed, ladies and gentlemen, and they have improved on an already terrific product. They are great tasting protein bars that taste as close to a candy bar as a protein bar. can get, and they are covered in 100% real chocolate. They are high in protein while also being low in sugar and calories. A major advantage over the other protein bars currently on the market.

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Well, that was April 29th, 1999 against the Detroit Tigers, a rare Thursday day game at the Kingdom. It was a 22 to 6 victory. Yes, 22 to 6. Detroit Tigers pitchers Dave Maliki C.J. Nittkowski, Mel Rojas, Sean Runyon,

and Todd Jones, the victims on that one. Rojas gave up 11 runs, all of them earned in one and two-thirds innings as the third pitcher that day. C.J. Nitzkowski did not record an out. Oh, he only faced one hitter. But in any case, the hitter he faced

came around to score, so he was charged with a run. Mariner's starter, Butch Henry, really didn't pitch very well. He lasted four in two-thirds innings. 10 hits and 6 earned runs, so reliever Ken Cloud got the win. Also appearing in that game for the Mariners on the mound, Mark Leiter, and John Halama. The most runs the Mariners have given up in a ballgame. Also, it was the Detroit Tigers.

On Saturday, April 17, 1993, a 115 start in Detroit in Tiger Stadium that day. This was a 20 to 3 loss. Mariner's pitching victims were Mike Hampton, Dwayne Hennon, Dwayne Dave Wayne House, Russ Swan, and Tim Leary. Hampton gave up four runs in two and two-thirds innings. Henry gave up two runs in two and a third. Wayne House gave up seven runs in one inning. The late Russ Swan, four runs in the one inning he pitched,

and Tim Leary gave up three runs in his inning of work. Starting pitcher for the Tigers this day, pitching seven innings, giving up two runs. One of them earned was none other than current Mariners analyst Bill Kruger. How about that, ladies and gentlemen? Do you have a question or a comment? I bet you do.

Send it in to Lockdown Mariners at gmail.com and I will read it on the air and reply to it from the Friday mailbag segment. Questions and comments about anything it need not be baseball related. Send those questions and comments in to Lockedon Mariners at gmail.com so I can get them in for this Friday's program. This particular episode of Locked on Mariners

will continue after the following. Now time for the second half of Locked-on Mariners. Once again, your host, D.C. Lundberg. Thank you very much, J.M. Locked-on Mariners. We'll continue at this time. And as stated yesterday, Wednesday, September 7th, there were some very bizarre scores in Major League Baseball. I'm going to talk about two of them specifically.

The first one was a 19-to-nothing win, the Brewers over the Detroit Tigers, who now have identical 19-and-22 records. Talking about the Tigers pitching line first, Matthew Boyd started the game. He pitched three innings, gave up seven runs, all of them earned. John Schreiber then pitched two and a third innings, gave up two runs. And then Rony or Ronnie Garcia pitches two thirds of an inning and gives up three runs.

And here's a name for you, ladies and gentlemen, Kyle Funkhouser. Hmm, Funkhouser, yes, one inning, three runs. and then Joe Jimenez, a scoreless inning. He was the only Tigers pitcher this day to not give up any runs, because following him was Travis Demerite, who pitched an inning and gave up four runs. Travis Demerite, by the way, is an outfielder. So that's how bad it got for the Tigers.

Although the Mariners did have Tim Lopes pitch recently. It's not unheard of in games like this. You know, to save your bullpen, you know, to bring a position player into pitch. It's always fun when that happens, ladies and gentlemen. I enjoyed it at the very least. The Brewer's offense, 21 hits, scoring those 19 runs. They walked seven times and only struck out six times.

Avaciel Garcia went two for four. Christian Yellich, one for five. He's kind of struggling this season. He's only at 2.13. Jed Jorco, two for five. Ryan Braun, three for five. Orlando Arcia, four for six. To raise his batting average all the way up to 257, all the way up to 257.

all the way up to do it. 257. Luis Arias, three for six. He drove in five runs, gang. Tyrone Taylor, five, pardon me, four for five. And Jacob Nottingham one for five. Those are some hefty numbers, ladies and gentlemen. Very, very impressive to say the least.

Home runs by Jorco, Nottingham, Braun, and Taylor. 19-0, the final score on that game. And then we get to the big one, in which a record was almost set. How would you like to score 19 runs and not only not have scored the most runs in Major League Baseball that day, but that also, that 19 to nothing scored, that was not the biggest run differential of the day.

The Marlins scored nine runs, okay? The Atlanta Braves scored 11 runs. In the second inning alone, in a 29 to 9 drubbing of the poor Marlins, I feel bad for the Marlins. You got to feel bad for any team who just has such an off day on the field that they lose to a score like this. You know, like the Tigers obviously did today. Marlins pitchers, they didn't do very well either, obviously.

Pablo Lopez started the game, an inning in two-thirds, four hits, seven runs, four walks. Jordan Yamamoto comes in, two-and-two-thirds innings, 11 hits, 13 runs, of them earned. Four home runs given up by Yamamoto. Poor guy, bringing his ERA on the season to 18.26. And then following Yamamoto is Alex Vesia, who pitches an inning in a third, three runs, five hits, four of them earned. The Marlins did commit two errors to allow for those two unearned runs. Josh Smith, Josh A. Smith, in inning in a third, four runs all earned on four hits. And then mopping up the game, Ryan Stannick, pitching a scoreless inning. No position players in this one. The Braves to go

along with our 29 runs scored 23 hits and walked nine times. They did strike out nine times, however. Ronald Acuna Jr. 3 for 4. Freddie Freeman, 3 for 6. Pablo Ozuena 1 for 6. Travis Darno, 2 for 7. Danesby Swanson, 3 for 4. Austin Riley, 2 for 4. Adam Duval, three for four, Ozzy Albies, very underrated player, although having an off-season, three for six, and Ender Enciarte, two for five. Home runs for the Braves were hit by Travis Darno, Ozzie Albies, Freddie Freeman, Ronald Le Cunia Jr, and Adam Duval with three, three home runs this game for Adam Duval. He had himself a day, ladies and gentlemen, three for four, like I said, nine runs driven in. Freeman also drove

in six runs in Acuna 5. Just a monster game. These games obviously do not happen every day. And when I told my housemate Shannon about this final score, she said, that sounds like a football score. So, yes, the Atlanta Falcons over the Miami Dolphins 29 to 9. Or I don't know what else to say about those ladies and gentlemen. I sure found it fun.

I hope you did too. Tomorrow on this program, I'm going to talk about something. That's not a good plug. But nonetheless, joining me will be guest-past. panelists, Sergeant Ed Jacobs, Smokey the Bear, and a shoehorn. That will be exciting. Really looking forward to that conversation. So download rate and subscribe to this program on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, or whichever podcasting app that you like to use.

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