Last night's game started out looking as though it would go the way the season has for the Mariners but it ended up being one of the more exciting games this season.
The first inning started off bad when a Royals player hit a home run on the very first pitch. The bad news continue when the next player had a triple. Luckily the Mariners were able to get out of the inning with only giving up two runs. Then in the bottom of the first it was the Mariner's turn to show we really did know how to hit. Ichiro lead off with a hit and the hit parade was on. By the end of that inning the score was tied.
The Mariners didn't look back for the rest of the game getting as they went on to belt out 15 hits in the game. Many of the hits went for extra-bases including home runs by Ichiro and Olivo. There should have been a third home run by Ackly but it wasn't to be as it was caught as it sailed over the fence or so it appeared. It was later revealed on slow motion replay that the ball hit a fans glove and dropped into the glove of the Royals player. The errant play wasn't found out in time and thus Ackly just had a long out.
By the end of the game Ichiro had four hits and looked like the player we have all come to enjoy watching. Olivo had a double, triple, and home run but no single. Ackly went hit-less in the game having the bad luck of hitting to Francoeur. Alex Liddi had a double in his first game at Safeco giving us hope for next year.
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