With that Cy Young Award on the line, Felix pitched again as if he already deserved to have his name engraved on it. Through 7 innings, Felix had yet to give up a hit and had only walked one batter. Unfortunately, Nelson Cruz broke up the no-hit bid with a homer in the 8th, followed by 2 more Ranger hits, but nonetheless, it was another extraordinary outing for the King. In the 9th, Felix was pulled in favor of David Aardsma, even though Felix had only thrown 98 pitches. Yes, I know that he's thrown a lot of pitches this year and it would be risky to let him finish it and blah blah blah, but with Felix facing scrutiny in the Cy Young Race over how many wins he has, it seems that a stat like # of Complete Games may help his cause. Also, Aardsma has not been reliable enough for me to entrust him to close out a game if my other option is leaving Felix in the game.
Offensively, the Mariners ran the bases like mad men, with Ichiro and Figgins reaching 40 for the year, Guti getting #22, and Saunders picking up his 6th. Sigh... it's sad that # of stolen bases is the only team stat category that the Mariners are not last in the league.
PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Felix.
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