Going into the bottom of the sixth inning the Mariners had a chance to sweep the Minnesota Twins with the game tied at 1-1; however, they had to go to the bullpen which once again cost the Mariners the game.
Yusei Kikuchi had a rough outing though he only gave up one run and that was to former Mariner Nelson Cruz who hit a home run in the third inning. Kikuchi had runners on base in almost every inning but was able to get out where the Twins couldn't score. The Mariners relievers couldn't do the same thing.
The Mariners tied the score in the top of the sixth inning but Brandon Brennan couldn't hold the Twins at bay. The Twins had runners on first and third without an out. The batter was on a count of 2-2; all Brennan had to do was strike out the batter and get the other runner out on a double play. Even if he couldn't do that the Twins could have had the runner on third score on a fly out or a ground ball out to second; instead Brennan tried to pick the runner off first but the ball went into the dirt so the runner scored from third and the other advanced.
Brennan wasn't able to get a single out and he was replaced by Corey Gearrin who didn't do much better other than getting one out. When the sixth inning ended the Twins had scored six runs and they were ahead 7-1. Things didn't get better where the Twins scored three more runs in the seventh inning which included a two-run homer by CJ Cron who has lived off Mariner pitching for years. He is another the Mariners should never pitch too. So that left the score 10-1 going into the eighth inning.
The hope for the Mariners was to see how many runs they could score in the last two innings since the Twins relievers aren't much better than the Mariners. The Mariners scored two runs both in the eighth and ninth innings. The final was 10-5.
After the game, Brennan said that he had a fatigued and sore shoulder which isn't really a surprise so he could be going on the ten-day injured list. We will know more sometime on Friday if that is the case. Whether it is an injury or not I would say add Brennan to the injury list.
The Mariners are expected to reactivate JP Crawford on Friday before playing the Oakland A's over the weekend. The Mariners have had success playing the A's in Oakland so hopefully, it will happen again. The Mariners might make a couple moves with Crawford coming back and Brennan to the injured list.
No news on the trading block but something could happen over the weekend or sometime soon. Just under seven weeks until the trading deadline on July 31. I am sure the Mariners will make at least a couple of transactions over this period. Go M's.
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