Mariners First Week in Review

King Felix started the opening day and ended the week as well not winning either game. Opening day he lost the game though giving up one hit. He was a little wild giving up five hits and because of two errors the Mariners lost 3-2 in Texas. On Sunday he pitched a gem going seven innings without giving up a run and striking out ten. He left the game after seven innings leading 1-0. However Joel Peralta gave up a tying run in the eighth. Closer Steve Cishek pitched a really good ninth inning. Nick Vincent came in the tenth and he got the first two batters out without any problem. He then struggled with Coco Crisp going 3-2 and giving up the winning home run. The Mariners had a chance in the bottom of the tenth Kyle Seager hitting a double to shallow left field. The following three batters could not even move him a long though Nelson Cruz hit a ball that looked like it could be a winning home run however the ball stayed too high and was caught. Dae-Ho Lee pinch hitting for Lind struck out to end the game.

The Mariners had a good series in Texas winning two out of three however coming home they did what a lot of other Mariner teams could not do and hit against mediocre pitchers. Jerry Dipoto said that he was going to get players who could play in Safeco Field and this group still may however did not start out this way. I expect that they will have a team meeting going into the three game series at home against the Texas Rangers. What the hitters need to do is take their pitches and get on base. I am not sure why they could not do that at home like in Texas. I know the stadium in Texas is different than Safeco Field however they need to be able to at least score a few runs to win. The Mariners are now 2-4 and could be easily 4-2 or 5-1. Time for them to recoup and win at least two out of the three at home against the Rangers before going off on to New York and face the Yankees. Go Mariners!