Saturday, June 19, 2021

Two Down and Two to Go

 Seattle 5 Tampa Bay 1

The Seattle Mariners got off
to a great start scoring four runs
in the first inning followed by
another run in the third which
was enough to beat the Rays.

The key in the game for the
second time in a row against
the Rays was hitting the ball
the other way. The Mariners
keep doing so it will be success
for them. One thing we know
the Mariners are not going to
hit a lot of home runs.

Pitcher of the game: Yusei Kikuchi
He continues to pitch well for the
Mariners. Kikuchi went seven innings
giving up four hits, one run, three
walks while striking out six.

It would be nice if he can cut down
on the walks but at least Kikuchi
didn't give up a home run in the
game. Kikuchi now has a 4-3 record.
It is nice to see the relievers were
able to keep the score at bay. It
helped Kikuchi the offense score
the four runs in the first inning as
well. It meant Kikuchi could go
after the Ray hitters without worry
to make mistakes.

Hitter of the game: Luis Torrens 
had two hits on the night driving
in two runs. The Mariners had 13
hits on the night. Ty France led
the team with three hits. Although
he didn't drive in any runs he did
score twice. JP Crawford continued
his hot hitting having two hits along
with Jake Bauers as well. It looks 
like Bauers is getting used to be in
a Mariner uniform.

Logan Gilbert will go for the Mariners
on Saturday night. Gilbert pitches like
he did in his last outing the Mariners
may win three in a row against the
Rays.

Transactions: It was a busy day for
the Mariners which has been happening
throughout the season. The Mariners 
sent catcher Jose Godoy back down 
to Tacoma after a good time in Seattle.
So the Mariners are back to Tom Murphy
and Luis Torrens as the two catchers.
Also, they placed Justin Dunn back on
the injured list after only lasting two
innings the day before. They called up
Yohan Ramirez from Tacoma along 
with Vinny Nittoli. 

What this means the Mariners will
likely go with an opener when Dunn's
spot comes up in the rotation. Nittoli
has experience in the minor leagues
to pitch multiple innings. This is some
thing the Mariners lack in the bullpen.

Depending what happens going into
Dunn's spot wouldn't be surprised if
Nittoli is the starter in the place of
Dunn since the Mariners are determined
to stay with a six-man rotation which
I don't think is necessary especially 
with several days off coming up. I
hope things change and we don't
see the six-man rotation until at
least after the all-star break. 

The Mariners will have a day off
this coming Monday before facing
the Colorado Rockies. The Mariners
will have Thursday off as well as they
go to Chicago to take on the White Sox.
They have Monday off after that before
going to Buffalo New York to take on
the Toronto Blue Jays in a three-game
series. 

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