Miley Gone Wild

More than his hair and beard Wade Miley was only able to go 3 2/3 innings giving up nine hits and four walks. It was weird because in his previous two outing he did not walk a batter though he did give up hits than innings pitched.

In the fourth inning Miley walked in two runners with the bases loaded. He was taken out of the game after the second run scored and replaced by Mike Montgomery who got the Mariners out of the game without any more damage.

The Mariners lost the game 3-2 however on the positive side Kyle Seager hit a home run in the game. He has hit well in Cleveland so the Mariners have that continue the rest of the series. The Mariners are now 2-2 so far on the road trip. We can hope the Mariners can scrape out a couple games in Cleveland. The Mariners do face the ace of the Cleveland Indians today in Danny Salazar. It will be a tough act however I believe the Mariners do it if they string together a few hits in a row.

The Mariners lineup will be the same today except Sardinas will be in the lineup instead of Marte. Also Seth Smith will be in right field while Nelson Cruz is designated hitter. Right now the Mariners are alternating Seth Smith, Franklin Gutierrez along with Nelson Cruz at designated hitter and right field. This hopes to keep all three of the guys healthy for the season.

I would like to see Sardinas play three times a week for the Mariners. I think he should at least play once at short along with sometime in the outfield and occasion at third, second and first base in the late innings. I believe Sardinas could be good help for the Mariners. Also this would help if Marte struggles enough where he would have to be sent down to Tacoma. So in this way he would be ready to play full time.

I know some people think that Mike Zunino should be sent back up to the Mariners after hitting so well in Tacoma. It is still hard to say whether he is ready to hit in the major leagues so I would keep him a while longer there until it seems more right. His future is more in 2017 and beyond to be the full time catcher.

Though Chris Iannetta is doing fine as the regular catcher I would like to see Steve Clevenger place twice a week to be able to rest Iannetta. I like to see Clevenger playing on Sundays and Thursdays. Sometimes the Mariners have Thursdays off so it would be nice to see Clevenger playing on Wednesday’s those weeks and then Iannetta would have two days off in a row. I would only change that if Clevenger isn’t hitting at all than make it Sunday’s only. Also, I like to see Clevenger pinch hit in games for hitter’s low in the batting order like for either Marte or Martin when facing a tough right handed pitcher. I believe the Mariners need to keep the bench players ready. This would include Lee when he is not in the lineup for several days in a row.

TaiJuan Walker who had a good outing last time out will be facing Salazar today. We hope that Walker will continue his good pitching today. Tomorrow the Mariners against Cleveland will be a day game. It will start just after 9 am Seattle time. Nathan Kerns should be taking his turn in that game. Friday when the Mariners go to Los Angeles to face the Angels it should be back at the top of the rotation with Felix taking the mound; Go Mariners!