The M's get Blackburned

May 24th:  Mariners @ Twins  (Fister v. Blackburn)

Well, this goes to show that you can't win'em all.  The Mariners were one game shy of .500 before they came up against Mr. Blackburn and the Twins.  Brendan Ryan went 3-3 ultimately increasing my confidence in his plate appearances.  Miguel Olivo sparkled again for the M's going 2-4 with a double and a homerun off Blackburn.  His homer provided the only 2 Mariner runs against Blackburn who apparently has been having an excellent month.  Brendan Ryan went 3-3 ultimately increasing my confidence in his plate appearances.  He was able to keep the M's to only 2 runs over 9 innings of work striking out six.  I think the big disappointment of the game came when Doug Fister balked in a run and gave up an RBI single to Denard Span.  Doug Fister has never really been my favorite strater of the Mariners although he has had a pretty good run recently.  Him and Erik Bedard are the two pitchers on the M's pitching staff that have more losses than wins.  I hope that Bedard can come to form against the Twins in today's game since he is going up against Francisco Liriano.  Hopefully, this rubber match will turn the way of the M's this time since last time it went to the Twins.  And that is why I am Sleepless Over Seattle.