[nfbwatlk] whoa!

Sun May 29 23:52:26 UTC 2011

Hi,
Thanks.  Neat/cool!!!
Lauren
advice from my cats: "meow when you feel like it."
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." ~
Albert Schweitzer
My new book, "there's more than one way to love a cat," is available at 
amazon.com
Visit us at catliness.com
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From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
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Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] whoa!


> Lauren:
>
> You got your wish! <grin> Here's a recap:
>
> SEATTLE -- Adam Kennedy knew the cutter was coming from Mariano Rivera. He
> just happened to drop it in the perfect spot.
>
> Kennedy scored pinch-runner Luis Rodriguez with a bloop single off Rivera 
> in
> the bottom of the 12th inning and the Seattle Mariners won for the ninth
> time in 10 games with a 5-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Saturday
> night.
>
> It was the fifth winning hit in Kennedy's career and kept Seattle rolling 
> on
> a night that ace Felix Hernandez was knocked around early and a misplayed
> fly ball by Ichiro Suzuki led to extra innings.
>
> Yet, the Mariners found another way to win as Kennedy fought off Rivera's
> famed cutter and dropped it in front of Curtis Granderson in center field 
> to
> set off a late-night celebration.
>
> "In that situation Adam is such a good hitter and with Mariano out there 
> you
> know what is coming," Seattle designated hitter Jack Cust said. "So when 
> he
> bears down I'll take (Kennedy) with the game on the line anytime."
>
> Kennedy had little success against Rivera in the past getting one hit in 
> 13
> at-bats against the Yankees closer.
>
> Seattle handed Rivera (1-1) his first loss since Sept. 11, 2010 against
> Texas in appearance No. 1,001 for the Yankees star. The Mariners are now 
> in
> second-place in the AL West and have surged back from being seven games
> under .500 less than two weeks ago.
>
>
> Rivera's inning started as most do, getting a broken bat grounder from 
> Chone
> Figgins, before Justin Smoak blooped a single to left that Brett Gardner
> barely missed on a diving attempt. Cust then came up with the big blow,
> going the other way with a backdoor cutter that Rivera left up and 
> dropping
> a double just inside the left field line. Smoak raced to third with just 
> one
> out.
>
> "He was trying to backdoor the cutter. He likes to come in with it and 
> once
> he comes in he likes to freeze you away which he's done to me before," 
> Cust
> said.
>
> Rivera thought it was a good pitch, but didn't make excuses afterward.
>
> "I made good pitches and the ball found places," Rivera said. "You can't 
> do
> anything about that. I wish we were still playing."
>
> Miguel Olivo drove in three runs for the Mariners, including a two-run
> double in the fourth off Yankees starter Ivan Nova. Brendan Ryan also had 
> an
> RBI single.
>
> The attraction on this night was the chance to see Hernandez go for a 
> fifth
> straight win against the Yankees. Last year, he was 3-0 and allowed one
> earned run versus New York.
>
> That total was matched in the second inning when Robinson Cano homered. 
> Mark
> Teixeira gave New York a 3-1 lead with a two-run shot in the fourth after
> Hernandez failed to sneak a 2-0 fastball past the Yankees' slugger.
>
> But Hernandez was still in line to get his sixth win of the season into 
> the
> seventh before Suzuki's mistake. Derek Jeter walked on a 3-2 pitch with 
> two
> outs and Granderson eventually worked a 3-2 count as well, then hit a
> fastball to deep right field.
>
> Suzuki raced back to the warning track and jumped at the wall, but 
> misjudged
> the depth of Granderson's hit and didn't need to jump. Suzuki whiffed and
> the ball bounded back into the field, Jeter scored and Granderson raced
> around to third.
>
> It stayed tied into the 12th, even though both teams had chances in the 
> late
> inning and in extras.
>
> Seattle went to closer Brandon League to begin the 10th and he started 
> with
> groundouts by Granderson and Teixeira, before giving up consecutive 
> singles
> by Alex Rodriguez and Cano to put runners at the corners with two outs.
> Russell Martin drove a 2-1 pitch to right-center field, but Suzuki was 
> able
> to run it down to end the threat.
>
> Nick Swisher singled with one out in the 11th off reliever David Pauley
> (4-0) who got the win for the second straight night. Swisher was replaced 
> by
> pinch-runner Chris Dickerson and advanced to second when Brett Gardner hit 
> a
> liner back to the mound that Pauley knocked down and threw to first in 
> time.
>
> Jeter then stepped in but hit a weak grounder to short to end the inning.
>
> "It's been fun," Pauley said of Seattle's recent run. "It's been a lot of
> fun."
>
> Game notes
>
> Four different fans, including a streaker, ran on the field in the late
> innings. All were tackled by security and removed from the stadium. ...
> Former Mariners Edgar Martinez and John Olerud were honored as inductees 
> to
> the Washington state sports hall of fame during a pregame ceremony. ... 
> New
> York's game against Minnesota that was rained out on April 6 will be made 
> up
> on Monday, Sept. 19 at Yankee Stadium.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Lauren Merryfield
> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 11:18 PM
> To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] whoa!
>
> Hi,
> I just heard that the Mariners and Yankees are tied 4-4 in the twelfth!  I
> sure hope the m's win!!!
> Thanks
> Lauren
> advice from my cats: "meow when you feel like it."
> "There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." 
> ~
>
> Albert Schweitzer
> My new book, "there's more than one way to love a cat," is available at
> amazon.com
> Visit us at catliness.com
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