Mariners Ready to Take Another Series

I thought Saturday night the Mariners made it hard on themselves having to coming from behind several times however they were able to pull it off in the bottom of the eleventh. Without getting into details Ryon Healy seems to be someone who enjoys making key hits in games. Once again he was able to get a hit that drove in the final run in the eleventh inning. What is now being called walk-off run. His batting average is creeping up as well. He was under two hundred but now is .241. He does have only fifty-nine plate appearances in fifteen games so the batting average can go up or down in a hurry for a bit longer until it gets steady. The importance thing though is getting hits when it is important. It is frustrating in a way because Healy and Mike Zunino bat one after the other. They both strike out a lot so when getting up with batters on base can have a bad result well as a good one. Zunino had a home run in the eighth inning to put the Mariners on top but struck out with runners on base as well. I thought it would be nice to have a pinch hitter however no one was available and things worked out in the end.

I thought the Mariners gave the Angels chance after chance to win when I don’t think that they are really not as good a team as the Mariners. I look at their roster and think how they are doing it. I thought the Mariners would let them off the hook and win fortunately that didn’t happen. Mike Trout though seems to score every time he gets up to bat. In the ninth inning with a two run lead by the Mariners Trout hits a double and the Justin Upton hits a home run to tie the game. I would have preferred that Trout hit a home run instead of the double because the odds are against Upton hitting a home run after Trout. Actually Edwin Diaz had two strikes on Upton before the home run. This was Diaz first blown save of the season but the good news the Mariners won.

Now the Mariners take on the Angels in the final game of the series Sunday afternoon with Felix on the mound against Japanese sensation Shohei Ohtani. We all know this the guy that Dipoto tried with all his might during the off-season to get. It will be good to see him on the mound for the first time in Safeco Field. It is the first time the Mariner hitters will face him as well. I am sure this game will be exciting to see. Hard to know how this game will go but it would be so satisfying if the Mariners can light him up or at least be a close game and still win in the end. So far it is so nice that the Mariners have been winning so many one run games this season. At this rate whether the Mariners make the playoffs or not will come down to success rate in these games. We hope that the rate will keep going the same way as it has been so far this season. Diaz had an overwhelming success in April however May has started out not as kind however I am sure he will turn things around. Go M’s.