In his previous outing, Felix Hernandez gave up 11 runs in
Houston to the Astros. On Saturday Felix looked a bit like his old self.
Felix went seven innings giving up one run on five hits, a
walk, and four strikeouts. He gave up a run in the seventh inning after leading
1-0 after the fifth inning. Shed Long hit a home run off of Chicago White Sox
starter Dylan Cease who exited after the 5th inning giving up three
hits including Long’s homer.
The game stayed that way with a tie of 1-1 until the bottom
of the 10th inning when Omar Narvaez hit a walk-off home run off
former Mariner Alex Colome who had the save against the Mariners on Friday
night. Ironically Narvaez was traded to the Mariners for Colome after last
season.
This was the first game where rookie Kyle Lewis didn’t get a
hit after getting at least one in four games. In fact, the White Sox may have
figured him out finally where he struck out three times. He did get on base
once with a walk. Now we will see how he
responses on Sunday. The Mariners had six hits for the game including Long and
Narvaez’s home runs.
Before the game Ichiro received the franchise achievement
award; he was the first Mariner player to receive the award. For the first time
in front of a crowd in the USA, he spoke in English for five minutes thanking the
fans, the organization, and the city for welcoming him in 2001. We look forward
to another speech when he is inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame. Not sure what his duties will be going
forward for the Mariners but we do know he will be around for years to come. We
thank you Ichiro for all the baseball we saw coming out of your talent. Go M’s.
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