Tom Wilhelmsen And The Matter Of Credit
Taking a closer look at the curveball Tom Wilhelmsen used to strike out Prince Fielder in the eighth inning on Thursday.
| Final - 4.26.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Mariners | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| Detroit Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Taking a closer look at the curveball Tom Wilhelmsen used to strike out Prince Fielder in the eighth inning on Thursday.
Thursday afternoon in Detroit, the Mariners beat the Tigers 5-4, completing a three-game sweep. Chone Figgins was among the big heroes.
Win expectancy chart for the Mariners' win over the Tigers on Thursday, April 26th.
Mariners 5, Tigers 4: Detroit swept at home by Seattle. Ugh. Meh. Blah. Pbbbfffft.
Everybody get your hopes up!
Eric Wedge explains himself on Miguel Olivo and fails.
Game 19 Preview: Mariners at Tigers
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Seattle Mariners | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chone Figgins, LF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| Dustin Ackley, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 |
| Ichiro Suzuki, RF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .301 |
| Justin Smoak, 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .197 |
| Jesus Montero, DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .265 |
| Alex Liddi, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .357 |
| Michael Saunders, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .236 |
| Miguel Olivo, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .169 |
| Brendan Ryan, SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .163 |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Noesi | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8.83 | 0 | 77-49 |
| Charlie Furbush (W, 1-1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | 9-7 |
| Steve Delabar (, 0-0) | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.82 | 0 | 3-2 |
| Lucas Luetge (, 1-0) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 16-8 |
| Tom Wilhelmsen (, 1-0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.08 | 0 | 9-5 |
| Brandon League (S, 0-1; S,7) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 0 | 10-7 |
| Detroit Tigers | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Dirks, DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .296 |
| Brennan Boesch, RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .215 |
| Miguel Cabrera, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .288 |
| Prince Fielder, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .310 |
| Delmon Young, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .242 |
| Don Kelly, CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 |
| Jhonny Peralta, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .238 |
| Ryan Raburn, 2B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .128 |
| Gerald Laird, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .353 |
| Alex Avila, ph,2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .240 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Porcello (L, 1-2) | 6.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6.45 | 0 | 105-62 |
| Phil Coke | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.35 | 0 | 2-2 |
| Octavio Dotel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 14-10 |
| Joaquin Benoit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.24 | 0 | 21-12 |