NEW YORK – At 21 of age Felix Hernandez is showing so much promise that pundits believe that he will be the next best thing for the mariners mariners,. His performance on Monday at Yankee stadium was an impeachable testament to his talent. The Mariners came into the game with a nine game losing streak and already out of the race for the American League-West race, all seemed as though they might also lose the wild card spot too. Felix Hernandez kept the Yankees pinned down for 7 innings, the Mariners ended the night with a 7 – 1 win over the Yankees yankees, in front of over 50,000 funs at Yankee stadium. The wild card race is now open with the mariners moving to one game behind the Yankees. Ichiro Suzuki also had a memorable outing reaching 200 hits this season a feat he has achieved for the last seven years.
Hernandez tossed 114 pitches over 7 innings and only gave a run in the first inning from then on he didn’t concede any. He struck out five batters and walked 4, 2 in the fifth inning, when he let fly 8 successive pitches out of strike zone to Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon. Hernandez sent Bobby Abreu packing off a ground ball to preserve a four-run lead. A visit by the Mariners pitching coach instilled more confidence in Hernandez. Hernandez, saw off seven of the last eight batters he faced and turned the game over to the Mariners bullpen.