I had to do my job and get at least one run in. “They still got to throw it over plate,” Carp said. 349 with five home runs and 15 RBIs against lefties this season. That gave him 25 RBIs in August, tying Danny Tartabull for the most by a rookie in any month.Ĭarp, a left-handed hitter, is hitting. Left-hander Scott Downs entered and on a 2-1 pitch, Carp drilled his double to the base of the wall in left-center. Gutierrez and Dustin Ackley singled, chasing Haren. With the Angels leading 1-0, the Mariners rallied with two outs. “He’s (Hernandez) got so many different pitches and different looks. I haven’t had the best of luck lately but it was a tough loss for the team,” Haren said. Haren was 1-1 with a 0.83 ERA and 18 strikeouts.
Coming in, Hernandez was 1-0 with a 0.82 ERA and 26 strikeouts in his three starts. The right-handers had opposed each other three times previously. After a one-out double by Kyle Seager in the second, he didn’t allow another baserunner until Franklin Gutierrez’s one-out single in the seventh.įor eight-plus innings, it was a typical Hernandez-Haren matchup.
At one point, Haren retired 15 consecutive batters.
