7/26: Oakland A's at Seattle Mariners

Dan Haren (11-3, 2.41 ERA) vs. Jeff Weaver (2-8, 6.19)

One is a good pitcher. The other is not. So instead of digging down to the nitty-gritty on this matchup, I'll leave you with this:



Live blogging -


*Top 1st:
-Why is Ibanez still hitting third? Since that magical two-homer night on June 11th, he's hitting just .192/.239/.320 with two home runs in 125 at bats.
-3 pitch strikeout to Travis Buck. Nice start.
-So far, everything Weaver has thrown has been up in the strikezone.
-He looks like the Weaver of old today. Just missing off the corners, then throwing a meatball down the middle that gets hammered for a hit.
-Nice double play ends Weaver's suffering.

*Bottom 1st:
-Wow, Beltre absolutely CRUSHED that double.
-Pretty typical of the Mariners lately: Get a couple of guys on, then not do anything to get them home.

*Top 2nd:
-Ellis takes Weaver deep.
-Ground-rule double follows. Yikes, the A's have a terrible offense, and they're giving Weaver a royal smacking here.
-This is getting ugly. 1 2/3 innings, 5 hits, 2 runs, 1 BB, 1 K.

*Bottom 2nd:
-Sexson homers, and my internet decides to crap out. I'll see if I can keep posting, but I'm not holding my breath.