Two years into a five-year, $64 million contract, Adrian Beltre has produced a .262 average, 44 home runs, and 176 RBIs. However, after the All Star break in 2006, Beltre slugged .552 with a whopping 18 home runs. Does this strong second half bode well for a turn-around in 2007, or will Mariners fans have to deal with 'A-Drain' once again? This blog intends to follow the 2007 season for Adrian Beltre, and the Seattle Mariners, and promises to hold no punches.
Hope everyone had a nice weekend. The weather was beautiful, and I hope everyone made a good effort to look outside at the beautiful weather as they were inside, watching Mariners games.
Nine homers in three games? Did the Mariners dip into the Cream on their trip to California?
Thanks to a much-needed offensive explosion, the Mariners were able to take two of three from the woe-begotten Angels, who drop with a thud into last place in the AL West. Who led this explosion? To begin with, noted sluggers Jeremy Reed and Yuniesky Betancourt hit two homers each, which means they now have as many home runs- hit over a span of three days- that Adrian Beltre has all year. Carl Everett, Richie Sexson, Jose Lopez, and Raul Ibanez got into the action. (Thank you Jeff Weaver!) And as I all ready noted, Adrian Beltre even hit a meaningless home run in Friday's game.
The only part of Saturday night's game I caught was Sexson's game-winning home-run in the top of the 13th inning, and I pretty much caught all of Sunday's rout. It was a weekend that I wish could be repepated many times over the course of the summer...
Beltre, however, had a tough weekend, Friday's homer notwithstanding. Although he's been having a rough year all-around, prior to Saturday's game he had yet to have an 0-for-5 game. Going 0-for-6 in extra innings, however, put a stamp to the end of that streak, and marked Saturday as Beltre's worst game of the season. Over-all, Beltre went 2-for-13 on the weekend, dropping his average from .225 to .218, and scored three runs with 2 RBIs, with a caught stealing. Beltre's weekend is the type of weekend that Mariners fans don't want to see repeated many times over the course of the summer....
The Mariners travel to Oakland next, giving the A's starters another chance to emulate Bob Gibson at the expense of Mariners' bats. They face Joe Blanton on Tuesday, in a rematch of the Blanton-Felix Hernandez match-up from the first week of April that resulted in Blanton throwing eight innings of two-hit shut-out ball against the Mariners at SAFECO. Blanton's fallen off a bit since that start, and he brings a 6.38 season ERA into Tuesday's start against the M's. Beltre has good career numbers against Blanton- a .417 BA and 1.217 OPS- so let's see if AB isn't able to seperate himself from Betancourt and Reed home-run wise Tuesday night....
Nine homers in three games? Did the Mariners dip into the Cream on their trip to California?
Thanks to a much-needed offensive explosion, the Mariners were able to take two of three from the woe-begotten Angels, who drop with a thud into last place in the AL West. Who led this explosion? To begin with, noted sluggers Jeremy Reed and Yuniesky Betancourt hit two homers each, which means they now have as many home runs- hit over a span of three days- that Adrian Beltre has all year. Carl Everett, Richie Sexson, Jose Lopez, and Raul Ibanez got into the action. (Thank you Jeff Weaver!) And as I all ready noted, Adrian Beltre even hit a meaningless home run in Friday's game.
The only part of Saturday night's game I caught was Sexson's game-winning home-run in the top of the 13th inning, and I pretty much caught all of Sunday's rout. It was a weekend that I wish could be repepated many times over the course of the summer...
Beltre, however, had a tough weekend, Friday's homer notwithstanding. Although he's been having a rough year all-around, prior to Saturday's game he had yet to have an 0-for-5 game. Going 0-for-6 in extra innings, however, put a stamp to the end of that streak, and marked Saturday as Beltre's worst game of the season. Over-all, Beltre went 2-for-13 on the weekend, dropping his average from .225 to .218, and scored three runs with 2 RBIs, with a caught stealing. Beltre's weekend is the type of weekend that Mariners fans don't want to see repeated many times over the course of the summer....
The Mariners travel to Oakland next, giving the A's starters another chance to emulate Bob Gibson at the expense of Mariners' bats. They face Joe Blanton on Tuesday, in a rematch of the Blanton-Felix Hernandez match-up from the first week of April that resulted in Blanton throwing eight innings of two-hit shut-out ball against the Mariners at SAFECO. Blanton's fallen off a bit since that start, and he brings a 6.38 season ERA into Tuesday's start against the M's. Beltre has good career numbers against Blanton- a .417 BA and 1.217 OPS- so let's see if AB isn't able to seperate himself from Betancourt and Reed home-run wise Tuesday night....
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