Top 3: Alex Liddi struck out swinging against Kevin Slowey

Top 6: struck out swinging against Slowey

Top 7: struck out swinging against Slowey

Top 9: called out on strikes against Scott Baker

Final Line: 0-for-4, 4 K

Notes: Really not too much to say about Liddi’s golden sombrero against Slowey and the Twins on Wednesday.  It’s the sort of thing that will happen when you are a free-swinging call-up…just ask Paul Goldschmidt.  For what it’s worth, the Italian-born third baseman has shown some pop: of his four hits in 24 at-bats, Liddi has doubled and jumped the yard twice.  This year at Triple-A, he dropped 30 bombs and drove in 104 runs while fanning 170 times (559 at-bats).

Total 2011 Sombreros: 121

Bottom 2: Miguel Olivo struck out swinging against Ivan Nova

Bottom 4: struck out swinging against Nova

Bottom 7: struck out swinging against Jamey Wright

Bottom 9: flew out to center against Rafael Soriano

Bottom 11: struck out swinging against Corey Wade

Final Line: 0-for-5, 4 K

Notes: Olivo recorded his third golden sombrero of the season in Wednesday night’s extra-inning game against the Yankees.  In his first sombrero, Olivo accomplished the feat while hitting cleanup for the Mariners.  This time around, the aging backstop did it out of the six-hole.  His second sombrero also came against the Yankees in late July, and he’s now tied with Adam Dunn, Kelly Johnson, Jayson Werth and Grady Sizemore for the league lead. And I wouldn’t rule out it happening again this season considering that his strikeout rate sits at 28%, which is above his career strikeout rate of 26.4%, and he’s already made the most plate appearances of his career.

Total 2011 Sombreros: 115

Top 1: Mike Carp struck out swinging against Josh Tomlin

Top 3: Carp singled to center against Tomlin

Top 5: Carp struck out swinging against Tomlin

Top 6: Carp called out on strikes against Joe Smith

Top 7: Carp struck out swinging against Rafael Perez

Top 9: Carp grounded out to first against Vinnie Pestano

Final Line: 1-for-6, 4 K

Notes: With the Mariners leading 9-2 entering the ninth inning, Carp stepped to the plate for a chance at the first platinum sombrero of the season.  But like so many others, he was able hold-off history and put the ball in play.  After posting a .449 wOBA and .307 ISO this season between two stints (66 games) at Triple-A, Carp has cooled off considerably since snapping a 20-game hit streak on August 22.  Since then, the first baseman has gone 3-for-27 with one XBH and two RBI.  With a 27.8 K% and .385 BABIP, Carp is prone to slump.  So in reality, the fact that he put together a 20-game hit streak is pretty remarkable.

Total 2011 Sombreros: 96

Top 2: Miguel Olivo struck out swinging against C.C. Sabathia

Top 5: Olivo struck out swinging against Sabathia

Top 7: Olivo struck out swinging against Sabathia

Top 9: Olivo struck out swinging against Mariano Rivera

Final Line: 0-for-4, 4 K

Notes: Olivo notched his second sombrero out of the cleanup spot on Tuesday night. Unfortunately, he and the rest of the Mariners were the victims of Sabathia’s best start of the season. How good was it? The big man was perfect through 6 1/3 innings and at one point struck out seven consecutive hitters – he had 14 over seven innings.  The Yankees’ staff went on to fan 18 Mariners.

Total 2011 Sombreros: 78

Bottom 2: Travis Snider called out on strikes against Michael Pineda

Bottom 4: Snider struck out on a foul tip against Pineda

Bottom 6: Snider grounded out to second against Pineda

Bottom 8: Snider struck out swinging against Jeff Gray

Bottom 10: Snider struck out swinging against David Pauley

Bottom 13: Snider flew out to center against Jamey Wright

Final Line: 0-for-6, 4 K

Notes: After working out some kinks in his swing at Triple-A, Snider has been on fire since returning to the Blue Jays’ lineup.  On July 6, Snider was hitting .210. Since then, he has hit safely in eight of the last 10 games—five of which have been multi-hit performances—and entered Tuesday’s game against the Mariners hitting .256.  On Tuesday night, however, Snider wasn’t as successful, fanning in four of his six at-bats and failing to reach base in the 14-inning game.  While his golden sombrero was impressive, I find it even more impressive that Snider’s mustache was also 0-for-4 with four strikeouts.

Total 2011 Sombreros: 71