The Run Around

SCORE!: We took advantage of a rare Tuesday afternoon game to enjoy some Mariners baseball at Safeco Field.

Boy, are we glad we went! It was a slugfest by the Ms. I have never seen the ball carry as well as it did on Tuesday. SO many moon shots were launched by Seattle bats.

Meanwhile, Mariners' pitchers Hisashi Iwakuma was dealing a gem. In fact, he was perfect (no runs, no walks) into the fifth inning. 

Since Kuma was pitching, we brought our stuffed Mariners bear. (Iwakuma means 'bear' in Japanese, and so he's nicked Kuma/the Bear.)  Kuma wears jersey #18, so I had to get a photo of our bear on the seat next to us.

Before the game, I took a photo of our bear and shared it on Twitter with the hashtags I know the scoreboard operators are looking for, and sure 'nuff, Kuma bear showed up on the big screen!

But back to the game. Bases loaded, as pictured below, was a common sight on Tuesday. 

In the end, the Mariners scored 16 runs (!) in 8 innings (they didn't need their bottom of the ninth). That run total tied a Safeco Field record. 

Things got so crazy, that at the end of the game, the Padres were bringing in position players to pitch. We saw a second baseman and the shortstop take the mound. It was pretty entertaining. Christian Bethancourt, pictured below, broke out a 53 MPH knuckleball at one point. The guys in both dugouts were laughing and getting a boot out of the show.

Here's a quick report from Annabelle about it all ...

Today at the Mariners game, we scored 16 runs! That ties the record for most runs per game at Safeco Field! After about the 4^th inning, there was no doubt that we’d win! It was really fun to go.
 The game started a bit slow. The Mariners hit their first home run in the first inning, and it only got better after that! In the end, the score was 16 to 4! I’m super glad we got to go and see this moment in Mariners history unfold right before our eyes!

One diversion we had during the game was some rustling behind CJ's seat. Upon investigation, the source was a butterfly that couldn't seem to figure out how to get out of the tight space.

 We used some paper to help scoop it up and out.

We're happy to report it was last seen winging its way over left field. :)

We capped off the fun day by roasting some marshmallows in the yard. We didn't have any chocolate bars to make s'mores, so we improvised with chocolate chips. It worked!