Look At the Tacoma Rainers

The Seattle Mariners have Thursday off 

so decided to see how the Tacoma Rainers 

have done.

The Rainers are in third place with 23-24

record on the season. In the last ten

games they are 6-4 which is a good sign

especially with the call up of Colt Emerson 

on May 17. 

Speaking of Colt Emerson he is playing 

now at shortstop as JP Crawford has

missed a couple games with injury. 

JP said that he is willing to play some

third base too. So we will see. 

The Rainier's currently on the road playing

the Bees in Salt Lake City. On Wednesday 

the Rainiers won 13-1.  

Victor Robles on rehab assignment had

two hits while driving in a run.  Brennen 

Davis who the Mariners signed as a

minor league free agent before spring

training is hitting is hitting .280. He 

had three hits in the game. The Mariners 

having trouble against lefties a lot of 

fans are calling for him to be called up.

He has nine home runs so far on the

season.  This especially true how Rob

Refsynder is hitting very low 100s. 

Most likely we will see Robles soon

possibly on this road trip.

Brock Rodden who is playing shortstop 

drove in five runs in this game.  He is

hitting .267  with seven home runs.

If the Mariners need a utility player

he could be called up however Brendan Donovan will be the primary utility player 

when he returns. He might play some

third base as well as giving Cole Young 

a day off at second base along with 

outfield and dh. We will see if he goes

on a rehab assignment before returning 

to the Mariners. Go Rainiers.

On the Mariners next day off we will see

how the double A Arkansas Travelers are 

doing. Last years top pick Kade Anderson 

last week had his first hick up on the

season last week. He should be pitching

on Friday. We will look at fellow top prospect 

pitcher Ryan Sloan too. Go Travelers. 

Mariners Win Series

Wednesday afternoon the Mariners 

beat the White Sox 5-4 to take the

series however they  made it hard 

on themselves. 

Arozarena scored three times including

a run in the second and fourth in which

the White Sox came back to tie both time.

Catcher Jhonny Pereds hit a  home run

the seventh and Arozarena hit a two run

shot as well which was a good thing

as the White Sox scored a run in the 8th

and 9th.

Emerson Hancock went five innings 

go inh up the first two runs.  He ended

up walking three while striking out four.

Cooper Criswell who seems to be one 

of the guys who comes out first in a

game. He gave up no runs. Matt Brash

made his return after being on the 

injured list. No runs were scored on him

either.

Eduardo Bazardo pitched the 8th. He gave

up a run but not earned. Jose Ferrer pitched

the 9th.He gave up a home run to the first

batter be faced and then he struck the next

three. Ferrer seems to be the guy in the

9th if Munoz isn't available. 

There is word that Gabe Speier may return

on Monday. He is making his first rehab

assignment on Wednesday evening.  

Robert Ortiz was sent to Tacoma with

the activation of Brash. Not sure who the

guy will be when Speier is activated onto

the roster. 

The Mariners will have Thursday off 

and play Friday in Kansas City against

the Royals. Logan Gilbert should the nod.

Not sure yet whether Miller and Castillo 

will piggy bank once again. Kirby and

Woo should take the mound on Saturday 

and Sunday.  Miller was outspoken after

the game that he was taken out with two

outs in the 6th inning Tuesday.  Also 

some media wondered whether Castillo 

should have pitched in the 9th after

two innings.  We will see.

JP Crawford didn't play so Colt Emerson 

did at shortstop.  In the 5th inning the

Mariners had the bases loaded with 

no outs. A good opportunity to break 

open the game. Arozarena and Naylor

each popped out. The Mariners did 

what they usually did was bring in 

Refsynder to pinch hit for Raley which

hasn't been much success on the

season grounded out. I wonder when

they will stop that. 

Anyway we will check you later.

Any sports stories come out let you

know. Go M's.

Mariners Lose Late

The Seattle Mariners may have won

Tuesday night of they could have had 

enough runs in the first inning. 

Mariners scored a run in the first

inning when they loaded the bases.

Patrick Wisdom hit a ball deep short

and the White Sox were not able to

complete a double play. Julio Rodriguez 

scored the lone  run.  The Mariners 

didn't have another run or hit in the

game. They continued having trouble 

against lefties. 

Bryce Miller pitched well going five

and two-thirds innings. He only gave

up one hit, one walk and no runs.

Miller struck out seven too. 

Jose Ferrer came in to get the 

fine out striking out the batter

with tying run base. 

Piggy backing Luis Castillo came

in struck out the side in the 7th.

In the 8th the White Sox first hitter

grounded to Naylor. Former Mariner

Jarred Kelenic had a single. The

final two batters flied and grounded 

out. Though still things did look

going into the 9th. Castillo walked 

and hit a batter. They brought in 

Munoz who gave up a couple hits

but both runs went to Castillo.

In the bottom of the 9th the White

Sox struck out the side.

Another game where the Mariners 

had good pitching but no run

support.

Wednesday afternoon Emerson

Hancock will start and see if the

Mariners can take the series.

Go M's.

Mariners End Losing Streak

After being swept by the Padres 

the Mariners stepped up and

beat the Chicago White Sox 6-1.

The White Sox have been playing 

pretty well lately so that was good 

news.

It is always good to win the opening 

of a series as well on Monday. The 

Mariners started off well with Julio

hitting a home run in the first inning.

Randy Arozarena and Josh Naylor 

continue their hot hitting driving 

in the next two runs. Arozarena is

hitting .305 while Naylor got off to

a terrible start is now hitting .306.

Bryan Woo pitched well going six

innings shutting out the White Sox.

Eduardo Bazardo who has been 

struggling some of late gave up

a home run. Jose Ferrer and Andre 

Munoz each pitched an inning. 

Bryce Miller will start Tuesday night

game with Luis Castillo expected

to come in at some point as they

are calling it piggy backing. 

None of the teams are doing well 

in the American League West so

the Mariners and Rangers are a

game behind the A's.

The Mariners were facing a lefty

so Refsynder and Connor Joe

both started again. Odd they 

were batting fifth and sixth.

Neither got a hit so when will

the Mariners stop this unless

these two are replaced.  Go M's. 

Mariners Make a Couple Moves

The Seattle Mariners made a couple 

of moves Monday after being swept 

at home by the Padres.  This does 

make sense.

The Mariners activated infielder

Patrick Wisdom off the injured 

list. He had been called up after

getting a good start at triple A 

Tacoma. The Mariners can use 

some pop against left handed 

pitching. The Mariners brought 

up Colt Emerson from Tacoma 

on Sunday when Brendan Donovan 

was put on the injured list. Leo

Rivas was sent down. He has been 

struggling at the plate.

When Donovan is reactivated

whether ten days or longer

one of the bench players will

be sent down. Rob Refsynder 

and Connor Joe have struggled 

when facing lefties handed 

pitching. Outfielder Victor Robles 

is expected to finish rehab assignment 

before the Mariners head out on

Thursday for the next road trip. 

We should see one of the two 

out. 

The Mariners brought up left handed

reliever  Robinson Ortiz from Tacoma

and Domingo Gonzalez sent down

to the same place. Gonzalez just

pitched over the weekend for the

Mariners. They could use a second 

lefty in the bullpen. 

We hope for a win against the White 

Sox Monday.

Another Loss By the Mariners

For the second game in a row the Mariners 

lost to the Padres 7-4. It really wasn't that

close until the Mariners rallied in the 8th 

inning.

Logan Gilbert struggled giving up three 

home runs. The first home run was in the

second but the Mariners couldn't get

any runs themselves. The big inning for

the Padres was the 4th win they scored 

four runs including a three run homer 

the first of the season he gave up. Prior

to that Gilbert had given up solo home 

runs.

The Mariners kept Logan in the game 

until the seventh inning with two outs

 he gave up a two run homer.  Outside

the three home runs be only gave up 

one run.  I expect the Mariners wanted

to keep the bullpen fresh. 

Manager Dan Wilson was rejected from

the game before Logan was taken out.

He argued when a Padre check swing 

was not called a strike. Though it

didn't allow the Mariners to win I do 

home that puts the players in a place 

to win several games in a row. Go M's.

Seattle Mariners Shut Out

The Seattle Mariners were shut out

by the San Diego Padres Friday 2-0.

The Mariners continue nothing being

able to beat the Padres this season.

Hopefully they will turn it around

Saturday and Sunday.

The Mariners have shown they can

score a lot of runs however it has

been inconsistent. Cal Raleigh 

though he hasn't hit well yet was

out in the injured list for ten days.

They still don't know how serious

Cal's injury is but they are hoping

the ten days will give him enough

time. 

The Mariners will have him around 

this weekend however he is expected 

go go to Arizona for a few days as well.

He may work on his hitting if he can.

The question is how will they be without 

him.

It took the Padres until the 4th inning

go score the first run on a double.

The second run was in the 7th inning 

on a ground to Josh Naylor.

The .stoners had seven hits. Randy Arozarena had two which keeps him on a good pace 

howe dr they couldn't take advantage of it.

Also Cole Young had two hits. Randy is now

hitting .301 and Cole is at .248 and has 24 rbis. If he keeps that rate he will drive in 

a lot of runs.  In fact if he doesn't play in

all the Mariners games at this rate he will

have 88 rbis at the end of the season.

I know fans have to be confused still

as Connor Joe and Rob Refsynder both

pinched hit. Joe had a walk however 

Refsynder went 0 for 2. No matter what

the data says how Raley and Canzone 

hit against lefties right now it isn't working.

The Mariners should change things up for at least a short period. 

The other three hits in the game were by

Brendan Donovan, Josh Naylor and Canzone.

This is another question if Canzone has a hit

already why not keep him the game. 

Besides giving up the one run Emerson Hancock was able to go six innings. He

only walked one batter. Cooper Criswell 

went an inning and gave up a run.  Jose

Ferrer and Alex Hoppe both went an

inning giving up no runs and giving the

Mariners.

Now we will see how they do on Saturday.

Go M's.