SEATTLE -- Even Josh Hamilton's wife noticed something was off during his recent at-bats.After his hot start this month, including the four home-run performance against the Baltimore Orioles on May 8, Hamilton has been in a funk recently. He went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in Monday's game with Felix Hernandez on the mound. He's now 3-of-17 in his last five games with twice as many strikeouts, 4, as RBIs, 2. His batting average has dipped from .
Last night, Josh Hamilton and his teammates went up against Felix Hernandez in Seattle. Hamilton came to bat four times, seeing 13 pitches in the process. He swung at eight of them. Here are the pitch locations for when Josh Hamilton decided to swing the bat last night: One of those eight pitches is within [...]
SEATTLE, Wash. -- Maybe it's the northwest green uniforms, or the fact that Japanese icon Ichiro Suzuki is on the team. Whatever the case may be, Yu Darvish had another shorting outing on the mound against the Seattle Mariners.Monday's start however, was the shortest out of Darvish's nine career starts. He lasted just four innings, allowing four earned runs on four hits, in the 6-1 loss. It appeared to be the pitcher's duel everyone anticipated between Darvish and Felix Hernandez after two innings, but Darvish couldn't find the strike zone as his outing progressed.
