Since Jerry Dipoto signed an extension a couple weeks ago it was just a matter of time that Manager Scott Servais signed one as well which was announced Friday morning and a press conference happened at noon. It was a multi-year contract which I expect is the same length as Dipoto's however no details were announced.
Friday Night the Mariners went out and beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 behind the pitching of Wade LeBlanc. As you can see by the score the Mariners offense continued to struggle though LeBlanc had a fine outing. He had a hard time in the first inning giving up the White Sox lone run on two doubles. Altogether LeBlanc went seven and a third innings giving up four hits and walked one batter. He struck out ten Sox batters. Also he only threw 84 pitches which shows his dominance for sure.
James Shields the White Sox starting pitcher had a good game as well going seven innings giving up two runs with one being earned. He gave up seven hits, one walk and five strike outs. The Mariners scored their first one also in the first inning with a single by Dee Gordon who went 4-4 in the game and came home on a Nelson Cruz rbi. Kyle Seager hit a double then scored on a Healy rbi in the fourth inning. The game stayed that way until the eighth inning when Nelson Cruz drove in his second run after Jean Segura hit a double. Alex Colome came in for LeBlanc in the top of the eighth with one run. He gave up a hit but got out with a double play. Colome only threw four pitches. Edwin Diaz was a little wild giving up a walk however he did strike out a batter and got the last guy on a fly to Span in left field to end the game. Diaz now has thirty-seven saves for the season and the Mariners now are twenty games above five hundred. The Oakland A's lost to the San Francisco Giants so the Mariners now have a four game lead over the A's. The Huston Astros did win so the Mariners are still five games behind them.
I wonder with the offense still sputtering that Jerry Dipoto will look at going out to get a bat along with a pitcher whether a starter or reliever or both. He says that he will look anywhere to improve the roster. The Mariners added first baseman Daniel Vogelbach and outfielder John Andreoli to the roster Friday as well. Neither of them played on Friday. The Mariners will be facing two more right handers of the White Sox so I am sure that Denard Span and Ben Gamel both start in at least one of the remaining games. Guillermo Heredia still struggling at the plate getting no hits in three at bats so I wouldn't be surprised if he is on the bench in at least one of these games against the Sox. The Mariners go out and get a position player it most likely would be an outfielder. Go M's.
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