Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Mariners (6/12/2018)

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

 

Angels

Jaime Barria (R)

1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B

2. Mike Trout (R) CF

3. Justin Upton (R) LF

4. Albert Pujols (R) DH

5. Luis Valbuena (L) 3B

6. Zack Cozart (R) SS

7. Jose Miguel Fernandez (L) 1B

8. Jabari Blash (R) RF

9. Martin Maldonado (R) C

 

Mariners

Mike Leake (R)

1. Dee Gordon (L) 2B

2. Jean Segura (R) SS

3. Mitch Haniger (R) RF

4. Nelson Cruz (R) DH

5. Kyle Seager (L) 3B

6. Ryon Healy (R) 1B

7. Ben Gamel (L) LF

8. Guillermo Heredia (R) CF

9. David Freitas (R) C

 

[laagamer]

I'm taking bets ladies and gents, what do you have?

[fan_since79]

Is it too much to hope that Blash will start swinging his bat like a normal hitter? He's all over the place!

Maybe the pitchers could slow down their offerings so he might have a fighting chance to actually make contact.

[Docwaukee]

Fletcher already rotting on the bench.  Scioscia hates rookies.  

[fan_since79]

24 minutes ago, laagamer said:

I'm taking bets ladies and gents, what do you have?

Trout comes a triple short of the cycle and we lose 4-3.

 

[daygloman]

Go Halos.................

[Ray McKigney]

Let's hope Blash will at least make contact between the bat and the ball instead of just whiffing at air. Baby steps. 

[Second Base]

Interesting that JMF is only logging time at 1B.

[DMVol]

11 minutes ago, Scotty@AW said:

Interesting that JMF is only logging time at 1B.

Thought he might get some looks at 3b......but we need Valbuena’s veteran presence in the lineup....he’s irreplaceable....

[fan_since79]

30 minutes ago, Ray McKigney said:

Let's hope Blash will at least make contact between the bat and the ball instead of just whiffing at air. Baby steps. 

He generates a lot of air conditioning with all those moving parts in his frantic swing, so at least the catcher and umpire won't overheat.

[nando714]

Need to win these next 2

no excuses 

[eligrba4ever]

GO ANGELS!!!

Go Jaime Barria!!!  Welcome to the rotation (extended stay), Jaime. Be the stopper!!!

Go Bootsie, Kiiiid, J-Up, The Machine, Mono, Coach, J-Miggy, Big Daddy and Machete!!!

Start a new winning streak and take the rest of this series!!

LET'S GET A WIN!!!!

[Docwaukee]

4 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

GO ANGELS!!!

Go Jaime Barria!!!  Welcome to the rotation (extended stay), Jaime. Be the stopper!!!

Go Bootsie, Kiiiid, J-Up, The Machine, Mono, Coach, J-Miggy, Big Daddy and Machete!!!

Start a new winning streak and take the rest of this series!!

LET'S GET A WIN!!!!

Every time I read your GD first post, I'm afraid someone is gonna tell me I won 2 nights free at some hotel where they're gonna try to sell me a timeshare.  

[nando714]

8 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

GO ANGELS!!!

Go Jaime Barria!!!  Welcome to the rotation (extended stay), Jaime. Be the stopper!!!

Go Bootsie, Kiiiid, J-Up, The Machine, Mono, Coach, J-Miggy, Big Daddy and Machete!!!

Start a new winning streak and take the rest of this series!!

LET'S GET A WIN!!!!

Heck yes

[Docwaukee]

Kinsler hit a lazy fly ball?  no way.  

[fan_since79]

9 minutes ago, BackUpTheTruck said:

Eric Hinske needs to de-nuclearize Blash's swing. Batting cage summit.

He's trying to hit a 900-foot home run every time up. That will never work.

Whatever happened to common sense? 

[fan_since79]

Trout gets a hit and is stranded.

<<< sigh >>>

 

[DEVLBAT]

RISP stranded, who could have predicted that?

[bloodbrother]

You really get an idea of just how great SImmons is with the glove when he's NOT at SS

[eligrba4ever]

Uh oh. Long ball again.

[DEVLBAT]

Lot of baseball left.

[DEVLBAT]

At least it’s not 3-0.

[nando714]

Great piece of hitting by Haniger

[laagamer]

Great pitch from Barria. Better swing. 

[Docwaukee]

feel like there are so many more time where pitchers are hitting the glove (or at least what would have hit the glove) yet it's getting hit hard.  

I am sure they kept sequencing logs by Maldo from last year and early this year.  Maybe he's getting a bit too predictable.