Mariners Go Down Once Again

I am not sure what to say any more about the Mariners the way they are playing lately. At least the defense was better than on Thursday night but the offense continues to struggle.

The Mariners lost to the Blue Jays this time 7-2. I wouldn’t say that Marco Gonzales better outings but he was able to go seven innings giving up four runs. Also he didn’t walk a batter and struck out seven. He did deserve better fate like the starters have recently.

The offense again had their good times but mostly they were stale again. On the positive side Mitch Haniger and Kyle Seager each had two hits in the game. The only other hits in the game were by Jean Segura and Ryon Healy. The Mariners did have a players meeting after the game. I hope that resolves the issues the Mariners have been having.

News happen where Juan Nicasio was placed on the disabled list and Chasen Bradford was recalled. In my opinion this should have happened a few days ago. The unfortunate part is that Bradford gave up three runs on four hits in the ninth inning.

Despite the struggles the Mariners are having scoring runs lately I compared the batting averages position by position on both the Mariners and the Blue Jays. I found that first base and left field were the only positions that the Jays hitters had high averages than the Mariners.

Saturday night the Mariners have James Paxton going for them. We do hope that he pitches the same way he did in his last outing and the Mariners can end this losing streak. In fact the last time the Mariners won was win Paxton was on the mound.

I wouldn’t be so upset if it were the Mariners were not playing the Blue Jays. They have been playing poor baseball since the middle of May. After beating the Mariners twice they are eight games below five hundred. Figuring the math out you know where they were before facing the Mariners. I know that all teams go through tough stretches during the season but the Mariners have been doing this since they faced the Colorado Rockies a month ago. They did have trouble against the Yankees and Red Sox before that however they rebounded to play well before the Rockies. I don’t understand their problem but it is time to get things back in order. They may not be a twenty game above five hundred team in the long run but they are more than a five hundred team. I am not a happy camper and I am sure most fans are not at this time. What was a good season is now turning into an awful season if they keep going the same way even if they still have a winning season. Having a record like eight-five instead of ninety would be very disappointing and Jerry Dipoto will need to make some changes going into next season if the Mariners don’t make the playoffs.