Nightcap: 8/9/07 @ Orioles

After a weird turn of events that brought Parrish from the O's clubhouse to the M's clubhouse, the Mariners continued their offensive onslaught ending the night with thirteen runs on fifteen hits and swept the three game set with the Orioles with a 13-8 win. It was amazing to be at two Mariner games this series and having them score more than ten runs in both of them. Seven of the nine starters had atleast one run batted in tonight, we walked five times as a team, we smacked fifteen hits, and Adam Jones scored four runs. Yeah the offense is clicking on all cylinders; then again, this is the Orioles we're talking about. Horacio Ramirez had another bad outting despite only allowing five hits in five innings of work. He gave up seven earned runs and matched the five hits he allowed with 5 walks. One of the five hits was a third inning grandslam by Miguel Tejada to put the O's up 5-4. A rain delay of roughly a half hour followed that inning but then the M's tied it back up when the skies cleared. R.R.S., Sean Green, and George Sherrill combined to close out the game allowing a combined three hits and one run, as Sherrill got his first save of the season by recording five outs in a five run ballgame. All around good game, especially since I got signed balls from Garcia, Goff, McLaren, and Rhodes. Lots of fun, can't wait until the M's are back in town next year, hopefully for more than one series.

Note: A Miguel Tejada error in the sixth inning that should have been an easy double play resulted in five Mariner runs in that inning, the ultimate difference in the game. Just goes to show you that while Tejada can look like a hero for hitting the grand slam but really he cost his team the game.

Umpires: HP--Charlie Reliford. 1B--Greg Gibson. 2B--Larry Vanover. 3B--Tony Randazzo. (Reliford's strike zone was all over the place, RAZZLE DAZZLE blew the check swing call that cost us four runs.)

Time: 3:23 (Plus rain delay totaling 23 minutes in the 3rd). (Not too bad for a Hor Ram game plus rain delay)

Attendance: 18,679 (Seems about right, rain sent some people home.)

Weather: 89 degrees, cloudy (Beautiful night for baseball, rain cooled it off a bit)

Wind: 3 mph, right to left (A slight breeze is always good)