The Showdown: Yanks vs M's

[Witlon]

Top 3- Yankees batting facing Felix Hernandez
J. Flaherty struck out swinging. (2nd strikeout for Felix Hernandez)
R. Cano homered to right. Yankees 1, Mariners 0
D. Jeter struck out looking. (3rd strikeout for Felix Hernandez)
H. Matsui grounded to second. (Lopez- Sexson)

1 hit, 1 run, 0 errors. 1-0 Yankees, mid 3.

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The Mariners have used 7 catchers this year, according to Michael Kay.

[General]

Knowing him, he's probably wrong.

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*knock on wood* Johnson is very sharp so far.

[Witlon]

Bottom 3- Mariners batting facing Randy Johnson
Y. Torrealba grounded to short. (Jeter- Martinez)
Y. Betancourt grounded to short. (Jeter- Martinez)
I. Suzuki grounded to third. (Rodriguez- Martinez)

Damn, nice play ARod...

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Holy god, what an amazing play by A-Rod...especially against Ichiro.

[Witlon]

Top 4- Yankees batting facing Felix Hernandez
G. Sheffield homers to left. Yankees 2, Mariners 0
A. Rodriguez struck out looking. (4th strikeout by Felix Hernandez)
J. Giambi walked. (3rd walk for Felix Hernadez)
T. Martinez grounded into a double play. (Sexson- Betancourt- Hernandez)

Note: Mariners catchers this season: Dan Wilson, Pat Boarders, Yorvit Torrealba, Rene Rivera, Miguel Olivo, Miguel Ojeda, Wiki Gonzalez.

[Witlon]

Bottom 4- Mariners batting facing Randy Johnson
J. Strong grounded to second. (Cano- Martinez)
R. Ibanez grounded to third. (Rodriguez- Martinez)
R. Sexson walked. (2nd walk for Randy Johnson.)
A. Beltre lined out to third. (Rodriguez)

End 4, 2-0 Yanks.

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Top 5- Yankees batting facing Felix Hernandez
M. Lawton grounded to second. (Lopez- Sexson)
J. Flaherty struck out swinging. (5th strikeout by Felix Hernandez)
R. Cano grounded to short. (Beltre- Sexson)

Still no hits for the Mariners, see if I can jinx the Big Ugly.

[Witlon]

Bottom 5- Mariners batting facing Randy Johnson
J. Lopez flied out to left-center. (Matsui)
M. Morse lined to center. (Matsui)
Y. Torrealba struck out swinging. (5th strikeout for Randy Johnson)

Still 2-0, going to the 6th.

[Witlon]

Top 6- Yankees batting facing Felix Hernandez
D. Jeter grounded to second. (Lopez- Sexson)
H. Matsui struck out looking. (6th strikeout for Felix Hernandez)
G. Sheffield grounded to third. (Beltre- Sexson)

Note: Angles lead 2-0 over the A's in the 5th.

[Witlon]

Bottom 6- Mariners batting facing Randy Johnson
Y. Betancourt doubled to deep left.
I. Suzuki grounded to short, Betancourt to third. (Jeter- Martinez)
J. Strong struck out looking. (6th strikeout for Randy Johnson)
R. Ibanez grounded to third. (Rodriguez- Martinez)

Note: Dropped foul ball by Tino on Ibanez at bat. E3. Still 2-0 Yankees.

[Witlon]

Top 7- Yankees batting facing Felix Hernandez
A. Rodriguez walked. (4th walk for Felix Hernandez)
J. Giambi singled to right, Rodriguez to second.
T. Martinez grounded into a double play to shortstop, Rodriguez to third. (Betancourt- Sexson)
M. Lawton lined to third. (Beltre).

[Witlon]

Bottom 7- Mariners batting facing Randy Johnson
R. Sexson struck out looking. (7th strikeout for Randy Johnson)
A. Beltre singled to third.
J. Lopez singled to center, Beltre to second.
M. Morse flied out to deep center, Beltre to third. (Matsui)
Y. Torrealba grounded into a fielders choice, Lopez out at second. (Jeter- Cano)

Torrealba unhappy with strike 2 call, and the umpire takes his masks off and jaws at him? Lopez clearly safe at 2nd, called out. Fans not happy.

[Witlon]

Top 8- Yankees batting facing Felix Hernandez
J. Flaherty grounded to second. (Lopez- Sexson)
R. Cano singled to center.
D. Jeter bunted to the catcher, Cano to second. (Torrealba- Sexson)
H. Matsui struck out swinging. (7th strikeout by Felix Hernandez)