After all this talk about statistics, let's see how well you can sabre your metrics. See if three numbers give you a good impression of what last night's "spring training" game against the Padres was like.
San Diego... 4 home runs.
Seattle... 1 hit through 8.
Seattle... 17 strikeouts.
If you guessed an 8 zip drubbing you'd be right. Giving up six runs to your opponent in the top of the first kind of spoils the evening.
I didn't know Koufax, Clemens and Nolan Ryan were pitching for the Padres now.
Here's hoping we see the team that went undefeated in Japan. Maybe more Tokyo Dome sushi and gyoza, less T-Mobile Park garlic fries.
*******. UPDATE ********
Today's game was marginally better than last night's, if extending your scoreless streak to a total of 18 innings is an improvement. But, the M's got one more hit and four less strikeouts. 30 Ks in two games is a sobering thought before Seattle's real season begins again Thursday. I honestly can't remember the last time the Mariners ever went 18 innings without scoring. Dreadful.
Here's hoping we see the team that went undefeated in Japan. Maybe more Tokyo Dome sushi and gyoza, less T-Mobile Park garlic fries.
*******. UPDATE ********
Today's game was marginally better than last night's, if extending your scoreless streak to a total of 18 innings is an improvement. But, the M's got one more hit and four less strikeouts. 30 Ks in two games is a sobering thought before Seattle's real season begins again Thursday. I honestly can't remember the last time the Mariners ever went 18 innings without scoring. Dreadful.
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