Good Way to End Losing Streak

I wasn’t sure which team would win Tuesday night however I did figure it would be by a large margin. Fortunately it was the Mariners winning big 10-3. The matchup between Gonzales and Gonzalez it likely would happen that way especially in Texas.

The Mariners good start happened in the second inning when Nelson Cruz slide home on a single by Mike Zunino to left field. Rookie Willie Calhoun making his first start in the major leagues tried to throw Cruz out. The Mariners figured it was Calhoun’s first throw to test him. Cruz should have been out however helped by Ben Gamel who was coming up next how to slide away from the catcher. Cruz made it by a skin on his pant leg. So we could give Gamel an assist on the play and in his at bat Gamel hit a three run homer to make the score 4-0.  The Astros scored a run in the bottom of the second to make it 4-1.

In the third inning Kyle Seager who has been hitting well in Texas hit a three run homer to make the score 7-1. The Rangers responded in the bottom of the inning scoring two runs on single to make it 7-3. Not comfortable in my mind since Gonzales has struggled and given up a lot of runs in an inning. Making some good pitches he was able to get out of the situation without giving up any more runs. The Mariners scored another run in the fifth inning so when Gonzales left the game they were leading 8-3. They scored a run each in the sixth and seventh inning as well to make the final score 10-3. The Mariners had four relievers who pitched an inning each. First up was James Pazos who struck out each batter he faced. He was followed by Dan Altavilla who struggled with his control walking two batters but didn’t give up a hit or run. Shae Simmons pitched the eighth inning giving up no hits and didn’t strike out anyone either. The ninth inning was pitched by Casey Lawrence who has been struggling lately gave up two hits but no runs.

Mike Leake will be going for the Mariners on Wednesday followed by Felix Hernandez to finish off the series with the Rangers. The Mariners look like they have a good chance to split the series at the very least if not take three out of four. If Leake pitches like in his first two outings with the Mariners has a good chance of winning. Felix on the other hand we have no idea how he will pitch since this will be his first start coming off the disabled list.

We hope that guys like Haniger, Cano, Seager and Cruz continue their hot hitting in Texas for the Mariners to flourish. Go M’s.