Our friend Wily Mo Pena, who won a game for the D-Backs in Comerica last June, jumped up again as a member of the Seattle Mariners.
He homered and doubled, and drove in three, as the M's defeated the Indians 9-2 this afternoon.
In the four games against the Indians, they didn't look like the league's worst hitting team. They scored 29 runs in the four games. Only two players in today's starting lineup were hitting under .260. The roster includes twelve rookies. Brendan Ryan, the young man from LA with two Irish first names, went 2 for 5. Kyle Seager hit three doubles. Dustin Ackley, who sounds like he belongs among Holden Caulfield's dorm mates at Pencey, went 3 for 5. As the wily veteran, Mo Pena, led them to an easy win.
The Tigers' lead, pending the outcome of tonight's game in T-Bay, is 6 1-2 games. The Indians look tired. And, with each tired game, the walkoff win / play at the play game last Sunday, that gave the Tigers a sweep over them, looks like a season-turner.
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