Mariners Game

We had a fun trip to Seattle this past weekend, that included our once a year trip to Safeco Park to see the Mariners. It was not planned but we saw the Seattle debut of Daisuke Matsuzaka the Boston Red Sox new star pitcher from Japan. Needless to say a lot of the PNW Asian community turned out to see him and Ichiro Suzuki the Mariner's star player go head to head.

We got to the game early, which was a good thing as it was a sell out and all the other ticket holders were thinking the same thing. Luckily we were able to get seats in the Bullpen Cafe, which is a great place to watch the players warm up and eat one of their pulled pork sandwiches. They also have awesome nachos, but that and a beer will set you back $20 a person.

Once the game was about to begin we moved to our great seats (thanks Tish), where Barbara got to sit next to the angriest man in Seattle. For a while it looked like Boston was going to easily close out the game, as they were leading 4-2 into the seventh inning stretch and the only offense Seattle could muster was two solo homers by Beltre. Barbara and Tish were getting restless, so we decided to take off at that point.

Once we got to the car Seattle had scored again and the game was now 4-3. Boston failed to score in the top of the ninth, so the Mariners had one last chance to tie or pull ahead. The Sox got two quick outs, but then they walked two and Beltre was at the plate again. The announcer said, "The crowd of 46,000 is on their feet, no one has left the park." Well against my protestes, we had left and were now missing all the drama. The Mariners were one hit away from leading the wild card race.

Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it) Beltre popped up and the game was over.