Mariners Take Two out of Three

Although I did not like the way things went on Friday night for the Mariners against the A’s at least they bounced back to beat them on Saturday night and on Sunday.

On Friday night I thought the starting pitcher should have been taken out of the game after the fifth inning or at the very least when he gave a hit instead of waiting until he gave up three runs after the Mariners were in a tie.

Saturday Iwakuma pitched for the Mariners and he did OK for at least him. The bullpen again did an outstanding job allowing the Mariners to win a close game.

On Sunday the Mariners won the game fairly handy winning 8-4. Wade LeBlanc pitched at least the minimum I am sure the coaching staff wanted him to do going six innings. He gave up three runs on two home runs. Davis the left fielder for the A’s hit his thirtieth home of the season with a runner on base. At the time it did not seem like a big deal in the sixth inning because the Mariners were still leading 7-3.

Speaking of the sixth inning with the Mariners leading 4-1 Kyle Seager hit a double with the bases loaded to drive in three runs to make it 7-1 and put the game almost out of reach. He had another double to that drove in a run so he had a total of four runs batted in.

The Mariners had four other players that drove in a run a piece that helped in making the difference in the game. Left fielder Aoki drove in a run as well as Robinson Cano, Shawn O’Malley and Adam Lind. Actually Adam Lind’s was on a home run that he hit in the second inning to score the Mariners first run. The A’s actually tied the score in the bottom of the second off the bat of third baseman Healy.

Reliever Storen was the only one out of the bullpen to give up a run on a homer by right fielder Eibner. All four runs the A’s scored were on home runs. Fortunately only one had a runner on base.

Again reliever Caminero came into the eighth inning. He did give up two hits however was able to shut the door with two strike outs. Nick Vincent finished off in the ninth inning giving up just one hit but no runs. No save in the game since the Mariners had a four run lead.

Monday night the Mariners are in Anaheim to start a four game series against the Angels. King Felix goes for the Mariners in the opening game of the series. The Mariners should be in pretty good shape if Felix can pitch again like he did against the Detroit Tigers and Justin Verlander. The Angels are on a ten game losing streak so they are in a good position for the Mariners to continue on winning. The Mariners are now eight games above .500 with a record of 62-54. The Mariners are expecting James Paxton ready to go on Tuesday against the Angels. If need be they could move him back a day or two as well.

How the Mariners have been playing as of yet with a good job by the starting rotation, lights out by the bullpen and timely hitting they should continue winning at a good pace. So we should sit back and enjoy what we are seeing right now. Go M’s.