After beating the Orioles 5-3 in a close game the Mariners
went back winning one run games on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday night it was
a low scoring game where the Mariners won 3-2 and then a high scoring game on
Wednesday night 8-7 in eleven innings. The Mariners now have won twenty-two one
run games. It does show the difference over the last several years where they
lost a lot of one run games. You could say that they have become mentally
tough. Along with the one run games the Mariners have come from behind in many
of the games as well.
Tuesday night’s game the Orioles score first in the second
inning and then Kyle Seager hit a solo home run to tie the game in the fourth
inning. The Orioles took the lead again in the sixth inning however Seager hit
a single in the eighth inning to score two runs.
Wednesday night in the eighth inning with the Mariners ahead
5-4 Chris Davis hit a three-run homer that looked like it would take the
Mariners down 7-5 Kyle Seager hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to
tie the game 7-7. In the eleventh inning after it looked like Jean Segura hurt
his back he hit a double. With one out Segura now on third base Denard Span hit
a sacrifice fly to center field to score the go ahead run. Edwin Diaz came in
to get his thirtieth save of the season at the half way mark. He did give up a
single but did strike out two batters.
The Mariners and Orioles have a day game on Thursday to end
the four game series. It starts at noon Seattle time. Mike Leake will go for
his ninth win of the season for the Mariners. He pitches anything like he did
on his last outing where he shutout the Red Sox through eight innings in the
Mariners only win in Boston. The Mariners now have won fifty games through
eight-one games so do the same the second half they will go away with one
hundred wins. Even if they go one game under five hundred at 40-41 they will
end the season with ninety wins which should get them in the playoffs. Go M’s.
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