Mariners have won 5 in a row and 9 of their last 10. They are currently 3 games back for the division lead, and 1 game back of the wild card lead. In their current 5 game streak, all games have been on the road, 2 went into extra innings, and 4 were 1 run wins with last night's being a 2 run win in the 13th inning.
Why're we doing so well? Probably because we are so solid 1-9. Lopez is hitting .295 with 7 hrs, Betancourt is hitting .302 and just had a 20 game hitting streak. Our three "big hitters", Sexson, Beltre, and Guillen, are hitting .268 or below, so that's the weak link, especially Sexson and his sub .200 average. We also have the best bench in the league, Burke is hitting .421, Broussard is hitting .265 with 3 hrs, Bloomquist has upped is average to .267 with several clutch hits, and much needed baserunning at the end of games, while Ellison proves to be useless except for giving us range at the corner outfield positions late in games.
Of course we wouldn't have out 5 game win streak if it weren't for our amazing bullpen. O'Flaherty looks like a keeper, being good in the setup role or when he has to pitch 3 innings. Morrow and Sherrill are as lights out as setup men get, and obviously Putz has been amazing, having 19 saves in a row.
Of course the Mariners have been lucky in this past couple of weeks, but they do look like a team that can make the playoffs, if not go deep in the playoffs.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment