Losses Continue

The Seattle Mariners lost to the Oakland A’s Tuesday night 9-2. It is the fifth loss in a row with four after the all-star break. The last time the Mariners won was on July 6 in Seattle against the A’s 6-3 in Marco Gonzales previous start.

Tuesday game was tight with the Oakland A’s leading 2-1 going into the fifth inning. With shortstop Marcus Semien at the plate with two outs, the home plate umpire called what looked like a strike three ball four. The call really irked Gonzales where he gave up back to back home runs to Matt Chapman and Matt Olson giving the A’s three more runs when they should have been out of the inning.

In the third inning, the home plate umpire Brian O’Nora was hit in the head on a backswing by Domingo Santana. It may have been the reason O’Nora made the call in the fifth a ball instead of a strike.  Though the turnaround in the game the Mariners blamed on the umpire Marco Gonzales should have gotten back to his pitching instead of being so mad at the umpire.

Gonzales gave up another run in the sixth inning his last one of the night. So in six innings, he gave seven hits, six runs, one walk, and five strikeouts. The A’s scored three more times one in the seventh and two in the eighth inning.

The Mariners two runs were scored on two solo home runs off the bat of catcher Omar Narvaez. The Mariners take on the A’s Wednesday afternoon. Erik Swanson called up on Tuesday is scheduled to start the game. Not sure how long he is meant to pitch. He could be the Mariner’s opener in the game.

The Mariners will have Thursday off the second off day this week then play three games against the Los Angeles Angels, three against the Texas Rangers, and finish the homestand with four against the Detroit Tigers.  The three games against the Angels is a strange look in the schedule because this ends the Mariners and Angels playing for the season. Funny to see all 19 games are wrapped up before July ends.

Mike Leake is scheduled to start Friday’s game against the Angels. With the trading deadline getting closer to the end and Leake expected to be traded by the end of the month will he actually make the start. Stay tuned. Go M’s.