Mariners Take Two

Monday night the Seattle Mariners had a big loss to the Chicago White Sox 10-4 however they responded by winning the last games of the series. The White Sox are a struggling team but the Mariners usually play to the level of the competition. It was important that they take the remaining two games which they did. Marcos Gonzales had a good outing on Tuesday and then Wednesday came from behind for a 4-3 win.

What helped the Mariners out was the bullpen who did not give up a hit or a run in both of the wins. They pitched a total of six innings while Gonzales and Felix Hernandez each went six innings.

The Mariners starters have struggled in the most part early on in the season however the offense has done its job most of the time. Felix was able to go six innings against the White Sox giving up three runs on seven hits, walked two batters and struck out four on ninety-five pitches. If Felix can do that on a regular basis the Mariners should win many of his games. What would even be better if he could throw between ninety-five and a hundred pitches over seven innings.

The hitting heroes of the game were Nelson Cruz who drove in two runs on three hits including a double. It is nice to see Cruz get back to hitting well after being on the disabled list. Jean Segura continues to hit well getting two hits and driving in a run. The ultimate hero was Mike Zunino who hit a solo homer his second in this series to win the game. The Mariners could use both of them in the series coming up against the Cleveland Indians. Thursday’s game is an afternoon game so starting in a few hours.

The Indians will be hard to beat because they are pitching their big guns in the series in the first three games. James Paxton will go for the Mariners against Clevenger in this game that has a 2-0 record. The Mariners will need to get to him early like most top pitchers to win the game. Paxton on the other hand will need to rebound from his last outing.

News yesterday the Mariners are going to activate first baseman Ryon Healy Thursday and Daniel Vogelbach who has been struggling as of late is being optioned to Tacoma. Also in the Rainiers game Wednesday Guillermo Heredia was hit in the wrist so he was taken out for precautions and news is that he may be out for a few games. This could mean that he may stay for additional games with the Rainiers and Ichiro stay longer for the Mariners. It will be interesting to see what the Mariners and Dipoto will do when Heredia is ready to go and what happens with Ichiro. Go M’s.

The day or more to say the evening has finally arrived for the NFL Draft on Thursday; the draft will take place for three days going through Saturday. The first round will take place Thursday and then the second and third round on Friday while the remaining rounds four thru ten will go on Saturday. The Seahawks have the 18^th pick of the first round but they don’t have any in the second or third round.  The Seahawks most likely move down in the draft to pick up a second and a third rounder.  So I will update later if anything happens before draft and during the draft. Go Hawks!