All-Star Break Over

Now that the all-star break is over and most of the Mariners had a needed break the Mariners are now back to business. After a terrible road trip where they beat the Angels once and lost three times to the Colorado Rockies the Mariners are at home to play five games starting with three against the Chicago White Sox and then two against the San Francisco Giants. 

The Mariners haven't played either the Sox or the Giants in some time. Except for this last road trip the Mariners have been playing really good baseball since playing both teams. It would be nice if the Mariners can win two of the three against the Sox or sweep the series. The Mariners have one of the best home records at 31-17 with only the Red Sox, Yankees, and Astros being the only ones with better records. They are tied with the Cleveland Indians who lead the American League Central. The White Sox who are in the same division as the Indians are in fourth place and have one of the worst road records at 14-33. The Mariners have scored the least amount of runs in the American League West at 412 while giving up 414. Quite amazing but shouldn't be surprising since they have won a lot of one run games. The White Sox have scored 384 runs however have given up 510 runs. This shows though the Mariners have struggled scoring runs especially lately the Sox have over the season and they have given up more runs than every team except the Kansas City Royals and the Baltimore Orioles. The Mariners should be able to improve on their offense which has struggled as of late against the Sox. The Giants haven't done well on the road either though better than the Sox they have a record of 19-29 and they have scored on 399 runs while giving up 425.  Though the Giants are a bit closer to the Mariners in scoring runs they have a winning record at home so I expect that many of their runs have been at home. So if the Mariners can win 4 out of 5 that would be really nice. Go M's.