After yesterdays heartbreaking loss in
the 11th inning the Seattle Mariners look to win two out
of three against the Chicago Cubs. They send Jeremy Bonderman to the
mound. Bonderman has been doing a good job as of late despite his 1-1
3.30 era record.
The 1st inning starts as
ex-Mariner Luis Valbuena steps into the batter's box where he pops up
to Endy Chavez. Next up is Starlin Castro who hits a ground ball to
Nick Franklin. Nate Schierholtz comes up and hits a fly balls to Endy
Chavez to end the top of the inning. The Mariners half of the inning
starts with Endy Chavez stepping up to the plate where he hits a
double. Nick Franklin is next and he strikes out. That brings up Raul
Ibanez where he hits a sacrifice fly moving Chavez to third. Kendrys
Morales hits a ground ball to second to end the inning.
The 2nd inning sees Alfonso
Soriano up and he hits a double. Anthony Rizzo is next and hits a
double to score Soriano to make it 1-0 Cubs. Dioner Navarro is next
and he hits a ground ball to Nick Franklin. Brian Bogusevic is up
next and gets an RBI double to make it 2-0 Cubs. That brings up
Darwin Barney who hits and RBI double. Welington Castillo steps into
the batter's box where he strikes out. Luis Valbuena steps in for his
second at bat and hits a fly ball to Jason Bay to end the top of the
inning. Kyle Seager starts the Mariners half of the inning where he
hits a ground ball for the first out. Justin Smoak is next and he
hits a ground ball to the first baseman. Jason Bay steps up and he
hits a fly ball to center to end the 2nd.
The 3rd starts as Starlin
Castro steps up to the plate and he hits a fly ball for out one. Nate
Schierholtz steps up where he is hit by a pitch. That brings up
Alfonso Soriano who strikes out. Anthony Rizzo steps in for his
second at bat and he walks to give the Cubs two runners without a
base hit. Dioner Navarro walks up to the plate where he walks to load
the bases. That brings up Brian Bogusevic who hits a fly ball to Raul
Ibanez to end the top of the inning. Brad Miller leads off for the
Mariners and he hits a ground ball for out number one. Henry Blanco
steps up to the plate where he gets a single. That brings up Endy
Chavez and he hits a double to give the Mariners two on base. That
brings up Nick Franklin who hits a ground ball for an out but Blanco
scores to make it 3-1 Cubs. Raul Ibanez is up and he strikes out to
end the 3rd.
Darwin Barney leads of for the Cubs in
the 4th and he gets a double. That brings up Welington
Castillo and Kyle Seager commits an error letting the ball go into
left field and Castillo goes to second while Barney scores. Back to
the top of the order for Luis Valbuena who hits a ground ball for the
first out. Starlin Castro steps into the batter's box where he hits
an RBI single. Blake Beavin takes over the pitching duties with the
Cubs leading 5-1 in the 4th. Nate Schierholtz steps in and
he hits a fly ball to Jason Bay. Alfonso Soriano steps up to the
plate where he hits an RBI double to make it 6-1 Cubs. Anthony Rizzo
is next and he hits an RBI single scoring Soriano. Dioner Navarro
steps up to the plate and he hits a ground ball to finally end the
top of the inning. Kendrys Morales steps in as the Mariners try to
come back from a 7-1 deficit and he strikes out. Kyle Seager is up
next where he strikes out. Justin Smoak steps in to the batter's box
and he walks to first. Smoak takes second on a wild pitch. That
brings up Jason Bay who lines out to end the 4th.
Brian Bogusevic start off the 5th
for the Cubs and he hits a ground ball for the first out. Darwin
Barney is next and he hits a fly ball to Endy Chavez. That brings up
Welington Castillo who strikes out to end the top of the inning. Brad
Miller starts off the 5th for the Mariners and he hits a
double for his first major league hit. That brings up Henry Blanco
who hits a ground ball for out number one. Endy Chavez is up next and
strikes out. Nick Franklin is up next and he gets an RBI single. Raul
Ibanez steps up to the plate where he hits a ground ball to end the
5th.
Luis Valbuena starts the 6th
and he strikes out. Starlin Castro steps in and strikes out. Nate
Schieroltz is next as he gets a single. That brings up Alfonso
Soriano who hits a fly ball to Jason Bay to end the top of the 6th.
Kendrys Morales starts the Mariners half of the inning and he strikes
out. Kyle Seager is up next where he hits a fly ball for out two.
Justin Smoak steps up and he hit a ground ball to end the 6th.
Anthony Rizzo will lead off the 7th
and he grounds out. Dioner Navarro is next and grounds out. That
brings up Brian Bogusevic who grounds out to end the top of the
inning. Jason Bay starts the Mariners half of the inning who hits a
home run to make it 7-3 Cubs. That brings up Brad Miller who hits a
double. Henry Blanco is the next batter who strikes out for the first
out in the inning. Back to the top of order for Endy Chavez flies
out. Nick Franklin steps in and he hits a ground ball to end the 7th.
Darwin Barney leads off the 8th
for the Cubs and strikes out. Welington Castillo is up next where he
pops up to Nick Franklin. Back to the top of the order for Luis
Valbuena who hits a fly ball to Jason Bay to end the top of the
inning. Raul Ibanez is up first in the Mariners half of the inning
and he hits his 19th home run of the season. Kendrys
Morales is up and he hits a single. Kyle Seager steps up to the plate
where he hits a 2-run homer to make it a one run game. Justin Smoak
steps up to the plate who flies out. That brings up Jason Bay who
walks down to first. Jason Bay goes to second on a wild pitch to Brad
Miller. Brad Miller steps up next and he walks. Mike Zunino pinch
hits for Henry Blanco and he pops out. That brings up Endy Chavez who
grounds out to end the 8th.
Tom Wilhelmsen takes over the pitching
duties for the Mariners in the 9th. Starlin Castro starts
off and he flies out to Jason Bay. Nate Schierholtz steps up to the
plate and grounds out. That brings up Alfonso Soriano who strikes out
to end the top of the inning. Nick Franklin starts off the bottom of
the inning for the Mariners where he strikes out. Raul Ibanez walks
up to the plate and he grounds out. Kendrys Morales is the Mariners
last hope and he strikes out to end the game. Final score 7-6 Cubs.
