03/28/12 Season Opener - Mariners vs. Athletics Game Thread (M's win 3-1)

[Igoe4Mariners]

RHP Felix Hernandez (SEA) vs. RHP Brandon McCarthy (OAK) - in Tokyo, Japan

Breakfast and baseball!

Who's ready for Opening Day.....err...Morning!

Go M's!

[Igoe4Mariners]

My prediction: We seem to be a pretty good opening day team. Going to say the M's win this one 6-2. Ackley homers and King Felix pitches seven innings of one-run ball, dominating the A's, as usual.

[MontanaMariner]

Felix tosses eight shutout innings.

Ichiro and Smoak homer. League earns save in 3-0 win.

[JosephC]

5-3 win, Mariners. I call a Montero homer, and a bunch of base stealing to get this win.

[Igoe4Mariners]

ATHLETICS

2B Jemille Weeks
SS Cliff Pennington
LF Coco Crisp
DH Seth Smith
C Kurt Suzuki
RF Josh Reddick
CF Yoenis Cespedes
1B Brandon Allen
3B Eric Sogard

RHP Brandon McCarthy


MARINERS

3B Chone Figgins
2B Dustin Ackley
RF Ichiro
1B Justin Smoak
DH Jesus Montero
LF Mike Carp
C Miguel Olivo
CF Michael Saunders
SS Brendan Ryan

RHP Felix Hernandez

[Mariners51]

I see we still have no patience at the plate

[Mariners51]

Ack Attack!

[MontanaMariner]

I hate you Kurt Suzuki!

[Mariners51]

Looks like the same ol Ichi to me! Not that I'm complaining.

[Felix = Cy Young]

Not much scoring but at least we are getting some hits

[Igoe4Mariners]

Felix is not his usual sharp self, but he is working his way through it and keeping us in the game. 1-1 through six.

[Mariners51]

Man we look so pathetic at the plate. The fans there must be about to fall asleep.

[Felix = Cy Young]

The bats are going to arise this inning!

[Mariners51]

The bats are going to arise this inning!

Nope. Hopefully not for the A's either.

[Igoe4Mariners]

Felix goes eight strong and throws over 100 pitches in the process. The King is a workhorse...let's get him this much-deserved W.

[Mariners51]

Waste of a great effort by Felix.

[Mariners51]

Ok, they're bringing in Feuntes. They're just asking to lose at this point.

[Igoe4Mariners]

Ok, they're bringing in Feuntes. They're just asking to lose at this point.

I guess our guys didn't get the memo.

[Mariners51]

Leadoff 2b excellent

[Igoe4Mariners]

Ackley RBI 1B gives M's 2-1 lead in the 10th.

[Mariners51]

Yes! Thatta kid Ackley!

[Igoe4Mariners]

Ichiro RBI 1B - 3-1 M's...Brandon League will be on to close in the bottom of the 11th.

[Mariners51]

Hard to not be excited for Ichiro in his home country

[Igoe4Mariners]

M's win it 3-1!

Wilhelmsen gets the W. Ackley and Felix are the stars. League with the save.

[Igoe4Mariners]

My prediction: We seem to be a pretty good opening day team. Going to say the M's win this one 6-2. Ackley homers and King Felix pitches seven innings of one-run ball, dominating the A's, as usual.

Yeah...so I was pretty close, other than the score.

[Mariners51]

Who leads the league in wins, ERA, home runs, runs scored and extra base hits?

The Mariners, baby! :)

[MarinersAreTheBest]

Who leads the league in wins, ERA, home runs, runs scored and extra base hits?

The Mariners, baby! :)

The Mariners truly are the best - at everything!

[daddyferrari]

Oh boy! It was nice to see them pull the win out of extras on opening day!!

[FightingPerry]

Felix is not his usual sharp self, but he is working his way through it and keeping us in the game. 1-1 through six.

The thing is he was still hitting the corners, and was the best player on the field. It was a good team effort from the Mariners, just wish their offense would score some runs when their pitcher is working it.

[MontanaMariner]

I was supposed to not watch the game, but I couldn't help myself. Got up and checked the game early then was on and off at work once I got there. Glad they pulled things out!

[Igoe4Mariners]

I was supposed to not watch the game, but I couldn't help myself. Got up and checked the game early then was on and off at work once I got there. Glad they pulled things out!

What you gonna do about tomorrow's game?

[MontanaMariner]

What you gonna do about tomorrow's game?

I'm just going to check it because it's physically impossible to go on and pretend like the game isn't going on.

[Jared]

Awwww yeah. Suck it, A's! Ackley is lookin' like a young Dustin Pedroia and Ichiro is going to hit at least .320 this year.

Hoping for a Smoak tater tomorrow!

[JosephC]

Ackley showing muscles. Think he can hit 25 this year, or is that too lofty?

[TellItToTheDA]

Ackley showing muscles. Think he can hit 25 this year, or is that too lofty?

I'm thinking about 20 for Ackley. Just a hunch.