What can we say about
the seven game road trip where the Mariners went 1-6. Sunday was most brutal
having a 9-3 lead going into the ninth inning and the Angels coming back to
score seven runs to win 10-9.
What made it frustrating was the Mariners pitching including
the bullpen had done a good job going into this game. The offense had trouble
in the previous six games and this one looked like the Mariners would win
pretty handily before the ninth inning. The ninth inning started with Casey Fien
giving up a home run to Albert Pujols. At
this point that was OK however Fien continued to have trouble that closer Edwin
Diaz came in the game with the bases loaded.
The problem happened that Diaz had trouble getting outs
himself. He was unable to use his slider affective and the Angels were able to
hit his fastball. A major problem was that Diaz wasn’t expected to pitch in the
game with such a big lead and I am not sure if he had enough warm up time
either.
In the previous six games the Mariners bullpen was effective
though there was a little trouble before with Nick Vincent and Fien.
The Mariners are expecting to have Tony Zych coming off the
disabled list. He did get a little action with Tacoma though they had rainouts
in their first two games against Sacramento on the road. I would not be
surprised if Zych takes the spot of Fien on the roster. Most likely Zych will
pitch in the sixth or seven inning most of the time unless there is a big lead
like Sunday in Anaheim. We hope to that Diaz won’t struggle in another game
like that for a little while.
The important thing is that the Mariner players keep a good
attitude on their shoulders. We hope
that the offense on Sunday will continue and the bullpen especially will correct
themselves. The starting pitching had done a pretty good job in all seven
games. The Mariners could have won at least three of the games in these seven.
We have to keep the faith that they will start winning on a regular basis.
The Mariners start playing a three game series against the
Houston in Seattle. We hope that the Mariners could win at least two of the
games before facing the Texas Rangers and the Miami Marlins. Go M’s.
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