Come on Team

 

The Mariners haven’t done well since the all-star break especially with the offense. The starting pitching has been doing in general but the bullpen has struggled to say the least. The primary reason the Mariners went out and picked up three new relievers.

On Thursday playing the Blue Jays although Felix had a really bad outing in his last performance we not only hoping he would do better the team would as well. Felix was wild at times in the five innings he pitched though he only walked two batters. He only allowed two hits and two runs. He gave up the two runs in the second inning after Nelson Cruz hit a two-run homer to put the Mariners ahead in the game. With runners on base he had the batter hit a grounder though hard Kyle Seager wasn’t able to stop it and the ball went into the outfield to score two runs. I don’t think could have stopped the Jays from scoring a run however it shouldn’t have been two if he were able to keep the ball in front of him.

The game was tied until the seventh inning when Juan Nicasio came in and allowed two runs for the Jays to take a 4-2 lead. It wasn’t his entire fault since Seager had an error as well. My opinion Seager should have spent another day on paternity leave.

Newcomers Adam Warren who came in for Felix, Zach Duke who relieved Warren and Sam Tui who came in the eighth all pitched well. The Mariners still had a chance to win the game however James Pazos who has pitched well most of the season gave up three runs in the ninth inning to seal the victory for the Blue Jays. Nelson Cruz had a second homer in the game for all the Mariners scoring.

Marco Gonzales and James Paxton  pitch Friday and Saturday nights. We hope they are able to get the Mariners back on track. The Mariners will need the rest of the offense get going. The Mariners can’t let all on the hands of Nelson Cruz. Servais has shaken the lineup a little but that hasn’t helped either. Dee Gordon hurt his ankle in the top of the ninth and had to leave the game. We will have to see how things will go with him. He has had a hard time at the plate in recent times as well. This is the time to do their very best because the Jays are banged up and don’t have most of their regulars playing. I hope that the Mariners have a team meeting to get things straight. It is easy to blame Servais but he can only do so much the rest has to rely on the players. Go M’s.