Way to Go LoMo

The Seattle Mariners on Friday night May 9 had their first game of the new home stand after struggling on the road.

They had started the previous road trip sweep-ing the Texas Rangers in the three games; however, they were swept by the Houston Astros in four games followed by losing to the Angels two out of three games. They won the first game in Anaheim behind the pitching of Felix Hernandez but lost the last two games by walk off fashion.

What made Friday’s game so good was they won themselves with a walk off home run by Logan Morrison in the bottom of the eleventh inning. Recently Morrison had been hitting pretty good after having some bad luck as well. Hopefully this means that the Mariners will go on a good long winning streak. Including Friday night’s game they are home for nine games. It would be nice if Morrison’s home run would lead the Mariners to win most of the games on this home stand. Last year about the same time Kyle Seager hit a home run that led the Mariners who had gotten off on a poor start to go on a good winning streak.

Logan Morrison has not been the only hitter that has been struggling at hitting either. In fact most of the team has not been hitting very well; however, Morrison will be a key part of the Mariner offense. Outside of Nelson Cruz the rest of the lineup has been very inconsistent. Other key parts of the offense Robinson Cano and Kyle Seager have been struggling as well. It is important they get back into hitting in their regular manner. If so the Mariners should be Ok.

In other good news the Mariners bullpen Friday night pitched six innings without giving up a run and only allowed one hit. Tom Wihelmsen was reactivated off the disable list and should be a real influence on the rest of the bullpen. He did not pitch in Friday night’s game though he would have if had gone into the 12^th inning so he will be available tonight. The whole bullpen should be available except maybe Carson Smith who pitched the last two innings and got the victory. The other pitchers used did not pitch no more than one inning which is the way it should be.

What really made it nice the walk off home run was against the Oakland A’s. In recent years the Mariners have had tough times winning games against the A’s; however, right now the A’s have been struggling just like the Mariners. Hopefully they will continue in the same manner.

Go Mariners!