Thirty- Seven Runs Forty-Seven Hits

In baseball you see something that you have never seen before, and often you would figure never would happen. This is what happened with the Mariners the last two days Friday and Saturday in Boston against the Red Sox.

The Mariners just came off a no-hitter pitched by Iwakuma on Wednesday in Seattle. It was a day game the Mariners traveled across country to Boston after the game, and had Thursday off. I expect none of us expected this to happen to the Mariners but this is a season where the Mariners have done a lot unexpected things so why should we be surprised.

What makes it interesting is the Mariners swept their series in Boston last season, and the Red Sox had the worst record in the American League though the last week or so the Red Sox have been hitting at a pretty good pace, and decided to continue it against the Mariners. Giving up fifteen runs was a little bit of a surprise on Friday however with Felix Hernandez going to the mound we figured the Mariners had a really good chance to win since they were pitching their ace; however, Felix has had several outings where he gave up about ten runs like he did on Saturday. Another interesting part of the story Saturday was the three year anniversary of Felix’s perfect game in 2012. You think the Red Sox would have some respect for Felix but they did not, and Felix only last two and two-thirds of an inning giving up ten runs.

The final score on Saturday was 22-10, and if the relievers had done a good job the Mariners would still be in the game and actually may have won it. Of course, the Red Sox knew how bad the Mariners bullpen has been most of the season so they decided to pour it on more. No mercy at all; of course, if you have had a season like the Red Sox why would they have mercy to the Mariners especially thinking about last season’s sweep by the Mariners as well.

Now we can look at today’s game against the Red Sox will we see more of the same or will the Mariners rebound today it is only any one’s guess. What a way to start a road trip as well. The Mariners will start Vidal Nuno today; though he has done a decent job starting he has been a reliever most of the season so the Mariners will need to use the bullpen once again, and we still don’t know how that will go. In fact the Mariners would be better if Nuno was in the bullpen but who would start in his place is another question.

The Mariners hitting seems to be doing good recently but with the pitching especially the bullpen we can only speculate where the Mariners will go the rest of the season. I don’t think it will be going nowhere unless something changes and I don’t think that will happen. So all we can say is what until next season. We have said that too often the last ten years or more.  Anyway Go Mariners!