Nightcap: 8/23/07 @ Rangers

And the MARINERS are in the WIN COLUMN! After failing to complete the sweep of the Twins, the Mariners stormed back with a 9-4 come-from-behind win over the Rangers who scored 39 runs in a double dip yesterday in Baltimore. The Mariners struck for the first run of the ballgame in the second inning when Kenji Johjima singled in Rauuuuuuul Ibanez. The Rangers came back with a two run shot in the next inning off the bat of Brad Wilkerson and a solo shot in the fourth from Jarrod Saltalamacchia. They scored thirty unanswered runs in the first game yesterday against the Orioles, but thankfully only three tonight as the Mariners countered with a huge seven run inning in the sixth. In that inning, Guillen had a solo funk blast, an rbi single for Lopez, a three-rbi, bases clearing double for Ichiro, and a two-run funk blast from Mr. Vidro to put the M's up 8-4. A Richie Sexson rbi single in the ninth capped off the night as the Mariners once again advance to nineteen games over .500. Jeff Weaver had another quality outing going six innings allowing three earned runs on seven hits with only one walk. O'Flaherty allowed one, and Green and Putz closed out the final 1.2 innings. In four August starts, Jeff Weaver is 4-0 while only allowing ten earned runs.

Tomorrow's Starters: Felix Hernandez (9-6, 3.94) vs. Kevin Millwood (8-10, 5.39)

Umpires: HP--Mike Dimuro (5/10 name coolness) 1B--Tim Tschida (8/10 name coolness, pronounced like "Cheetah") 2B--Jim Joyce (3/10 name coolness) 3B--Jim Wolf (4/10 name coolness) (20/40 crew name coolness)

Time: 2:49

Attendance: 26,963 (And none of them can pronounce Saltalamacchia yet)

Weather: 93 degrees, clear (Niehaus hates hot and humid weather)

Wind: 18 mph, in from right (So how the hell did Jose Vidro hit a homerun to rightfield?!)