Mariners Lose Twice To Twins

Going into the series this weekend with the Minnesota Twins the Mariners had beaten the Oakland two games in a row after losing the first game of the series. After Friday night I was hoping the same thing would happen but it did not and the Mariners lost the game even though they had their chances.

Without getting into details because that is what the beat writers do and I am trying to write on how the team is doing in general. The Twins won the game 6-5 and the Mariners had a chance to tie at least with the bases loaded in the seventh inning I believe with no one out. They had Cruz, Seager and Lind up. All three popped up without not one single runner scoring; I found it unbelievable to say the least. I could understand if it was the lower bottom of the batting order but when it is your primary run producers there is no excuses. This was not the only case either they had times earlier in the game to score as well. Again in the ninth inning they had runners on first and third; they could not get anyone in as well which included a running blunder by Seager. Manager Scott Servais said after that it was a crazy game but I still don’t think that as an excuse. Even still the Mariners should be going into Sunday’s game with at least one win. In both games Felix and Miley had a bad inning. This should not occurred against a team that is struggling on the road and has the worst record in the major leagues. We hope that the Mariners can rebound to take the final game and make this home stand 3-3 going into the final two against the San Diego Padres another team that is struggling. At this point I would be happy with a 4-4 home stand that should have been much better.

The Mariners hitting needs to improve when they have opportunities with runners in scoring position; there is no excuse not to score at least one run when the bases are loaded and no outs. The next three games TaiJuan Walker, Kerns and Iwakuma have to put in solid outings. Felix and Miley have to rebound to win in San Diego. There is no excuse to lose games that they should win. June is going to be tough however if the Mariners can win the next three games I feel they have a real chance in doing well in June to. It would be nice if they can go into July being at five hundred. This would keep them about ten more wins than losses. Go M’s.