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Felix Hernandez hits the first Grand Slam by a pitcher in Mariners history only to be injured 3 innings later. He is unable to finish the inning giving him the win on a 2-2 count with two outs.
Mets Quieted By The Bat Of Felix Hernandez
thenleastblog.com 6/24/2008 — You heard me right. The Mets were quieted by the bat of Felix Hernandez in their return to Shea from a West Coast trip. Hernandez became the first American League pitcher since 1971 to hit a grand slam when he connected off of Mets Starter Johan ...
Felix Goes Deep, Gets Hurt in Win
bleedingblueandteal.com 6/24/2008 — Seattle’s young ace King Felix Hernandez gave us some interesting things to talk about tonight. First of all, as mentioned in an earlier comments thread, he miraculously went deep to right center field for a grand slam in the second inning off ...
King Felix, Mariners Over Mets 5-2
metsreport.com 6/24/2008 — Felix Hernandez looked unstoppable for the Mariners into the fifth inning. He only gave up two hits and one run. More importantly, he hit a grand slam in the top of the second inning off Johan Santana. It was the first grand slam by an American League pitcher in 37 years before the designated hitter rule was instituted.
In the fifth inning Carlos Beltran doubled, stole third and came in to ...
Even When the Mariners Win They Lose
sportsyenta.blogspot.com 6/28/2008 — Things haven't been going very well for the Seattle Mariners lately. They're the worst team in the Show, their manager and general manager have both been fired within the last couple weeks and now their most promising young player is injured -- after he hit a grand slam. In Monday night's 5-2 win over the Mets, Felix Hernandez accidentally hit a grand slam off none other than Johan Santana ...
This Week’s Man Crush: Felix Hernandez
assistbythemitten.com 6/30/2008 — Seattle pitcher Felix Hernandez’s week was a microcosm of the Mariners 2008 season. On Monday, Hernandez was humming along, throwing well in a game against the Mets. He had pitched 4-2/3 innings of two-hit ball, giving up just one earned run. In the ...
Mets Salvage Finale Against Mariners —
The NL East Blog
The Seattle series was supposed to catapult the Mets back into serious contention in the NL East after fishing a west coast trip with a 4-2 record. However, after losing the first game 5-2 thanks to a grand slam by the pitcher Felix Hernandez which was given up by Mets ace Johan Santana, an 11-0 obliteration in the middle game, and a series salvaging 8-2 victory this evening, the Mets still ...
Embarrasment —
Mets Fan in Texas
R.A. Dickey may very well be the single worst pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball. And he shut out the Mets.
Felix Hernandez never had an at bat in the major leagues before. And he hit a grand slam off of a 94 mph fastball out of the strike zone (with his eyes closed - check the video).
Johan Santana has a 2.04 ERA in his last four starts. And he's 0 ...
The Bright Spot In A Sea Of Awfulness —
Frost King Baseball
What an up-and-down day (yesterday) for Felix Hernandez and the Mariners. First, King Felix hits a grand slam against Johan Santana. Then, while cruising along with two outs in the fifth inning, Hernandez sprains his ankle covering home. The M's won the game 5-2, but Felix is the only real reason to watch this team right now (sorry, Erik) and they will be in some real trouble if he is out for
Injury update: Someone needs to teach Felix how to block the plate —
The Fantasy Factor
Playing against the Mets, Seattle Mariners ace Felix Hernandez was making his first plate appearance ever against Johan Santana, one of the most feared pitchers in baseball. Bases juiced, Hernandez takes the first pitch and drives it opposite field over the right field fence for the first grand slam hit by a pitcher since 2006.
AP Photo
However, things quickly went from ...
Around the Horn - 6/24 —
My Pinstripes
Limited schedule last night, but some interesting match ups none the less. Felix Hernandez belted a grand slam off of Johan Santana , but sprained his ankle one out shy of 5 innings. The bullpen did its his job in his place and the Mariners beat the Mets 5-2. Another duel in Fenway between the Diamondbacks Dan Haren and the Red Sox Josh Beckett . Chris Young and Chris Snyder each drove in a ...
Hernandez’s Grand Slam Makes The Difference —
COPPOLA SISTERS
Seattle Mariners young pitcher Felix Hernandez became the first AL pitcher in 37 years to hit a grand slam. That’s a pretty big deal, and pretty unlucky for the Mets, especially against Santana. Of course the grand slam would have never occurred if Wright did not make a fielding error on the previous play, but I can’t get on Wright for that. Clearly the guy needs a day off, which ...
4 Runs A Pitcher Wants —
The DC Sports Page
Normally you don't hear "...that's all I need - 4 runs" uttered by a pitcher in a positive manner. We know we've heard that a few times from Nationals starting pitchers, but usually with some of those 7 words the late, great American Philospher George Carlin said. But Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners did say those words, after hitting a grand slam against Johan Santana .
In the ...
Hernandez Powers Mariners Past Santana, Mets —
The Game of Baseball
Felix Hernandez became the first American League pitcher in 37 years to hit a grand slam during the Mariners' 5-2 win over the Mets at Shea Stadium. Hernandez went deep off Johan Santana in the first inning to become the first AL pitcher to accomplish the feat since Cleveland's Steve Dunning on May 11th, 1971. However, Hernandez left the game in the fifth inning after a collision at home ...
Felix Hits Slam then Hurts Ankle —
Babes Love Baseball
Felix Hernandez went from becoming the first American League pitcher in 37 years to hit a grand slam to spraining his ankle covering home three innings later. The Seattle Mariners righty, not figured into the 5-2 winning decision, nailed his opposite-field grand salami off New York Mets ace Johan Santana with two out in the second inning to give Seattle a 4-0 lead. The last AL pitcher to do ...
F-Hert —
Fantasy Baseball Blog at Razzball.com
A few innings before Felix Hernandez was spiked pretty bad by Ricky from My So Called Life , he hit a grand slam off Johan Santana. (Grey, insert profound comment on how you can be on top of the world one moment and the next moment you’re limping off the field. Also lookup “profound” so you know what it means. –Rudy) The spiking looked like he also hurt his ankle, ...
SportTicker: Mariners’ Hernandez makes history with grand slam —
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners on Monday night hit the first grand slam by an American League pitcher in 37 years when he connected against fellow Venezuelan Johan Santana of the New York Mets on Monday night… It was the first grand slam by an American pitcher since Steve Dunning of the Cleveland Indians off Diego Segui of the Oakland Athletics on May 11, 1971.
Felix Hernandez to rest of Mariners: Like that…. assholes —
Hotdog & Friends
Fig Jam
Felix Hernandez, the phenom young pitcher and de facto ace of the Mariners pitching staff, has just gone yard, grand slam style, against Johan Santana. Oh and he’s no hit the Mets through 3 innings thus far. I hope when he got back to the dugout he slammed his batting helmet on the ground and let forth a tirade of obsenities to the effect of “It’s not that damn ...
King of the Bat —
baseballmusings.com
Felix Hernandez just got a pitch a bit high and a bit outside and took it the other way for a grand slam against Johan Santana. It was a Pedro Guerrero type swing. That's the second hit for Felix in...
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