Mariners Win Important Series

It might be too late however the Mariners did take the series from the Baltimore Orioles in Seattle. A loss would have made it even more difficult since the Oakland A’s beat the New York Yankees once again. A team the Mariners will be taking on in the next series starting Friday night. Really to make the playoffs the Mariners need to sweep the Yankees at home. It will not be an easy task since we never know whether the offense or the pitching will show up any given game.

Wednesday night the Mariners took the lead in the third inning when Mitch Haniger hit his 24^th home run of the season. The Orioles scored two runs in the top the fifth inning temporarily because Nelson Cruz and Denard Span hit back to back home runs to give the Mariners a 3-2 lead. In the seventh inning the Mariners scored two more runs when Nelson Cruz hit a double followed by another by Span. After a wild pitch that sent Span to third. Kyle Seager back starting this game after not on Tuesday had a pop fly Guillermo Heredia pinch hitting for Ben Gamel had a safety bunt to score Span making 5-2.

Mike Leake went six innings giving up seven hits. Although two runs were scored by the Orioles both were unearned because of errors. Leake didn’t walk a batter and struck out four. Shawn Armstrong relieved Leake giving up one hit in his one inning followed by Alex Colome and Edwin Diaz who neither gave up a hit. Now Diaz has fifty-three saves on the season.

James Paxton will start Friday night’s game against the Yankees followed by Felix Hernandez on Saturday. Both of those are must game along with Sunday. Who starts on Sunday has not been yet determined. The Mariners have twenty-two games remaining and they are still five and a half games behind the Oakland A’s. While the Mariners play the Yankees the A’s take on the Texas Rangers so the odds of the Mariners still making the playoffs as a wild card is still hard to accomplish. Go M’s.