Mariners Lose To Padres

On Tuesday night for a while, it looked like the Seattle Mariners were going to be no-hit for the second time in a week by the San Diego Padres. Fortunately, it didn’t happen for more than just the second time in a week. The Padres have never had a pitcher throw a no-hitter in the history of their franchise. I am sure the players would have been embarrassed to hear this if it had happened.

The Mariner pitching was matching that of the Padres until the fifth inning when Wade LeBlanc gave up five runs including a two-run homer to Fernando Tatis Jr. and a solo homer by Josh Naylor.

The Mariners didn’t get their first hit until Omar Narvaez hit a single in the seventh inning. Kyle Seager followed with a double, however, neither he nor Narvaez was able to score. Padres starting pitcher Dinelson Lamet threw an outstanding game as you can imagine through seven innings. Besides giving up the two hits in the seventh inning he did walk four batters but struck out 12 Mariner hitters. I haven’t seen too many pitchers look as sharp as he did Tuesday night.

The Mariners though were able to get to reliever Adrian Morejon who came in for Lamet in the eighth inning. The Mariners scored all four of their runs in the eighth. Tim Lopes who was activated onto the roster earlier after the suspension of Tim Beckham entered the game after Dan Vogelbach was ejected for complaining about being struck out. Tim Lopes was on the concussion list than went to Tacoma for a rehab assignment. This was after being hit in the head a couple weeks ago when he made his major league debut.

Lopes was able to deliver his first career major league hit which turned out to be a two-run homer. Although the Mariners lost I am sure he will remember the rest of his life.

This all happened after Erik Swanson came in for Wade LeBlanc in the seventh inning. He looked good pitching in the seventh, however, in the eighth inning he gave up two home runs. The Padres scored another run in the ninth inning to make the final score San Diego 9 Mariners 4.

Now the Mariners have to see about rebounding to even the series Wednesday afternoon.  Yusei Kikuchi will go for the Mariners. He too is hoping to rebound after having several poor outings including the loss in Houston. The Mariners have Thursday off before the Edgar Martinez Hall of Fame Weekend against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Though the Mariners lost they did have good news where Dee Gordon, Mitch Haniger, and Braden Bishop all took batting practice. Not sure when any of them will be activated though likely all three will go on rehab assignments. Speaking of rehab assignments Felix Hernandez is expected to go on another one in Modesto, California on Thursday night. The Mariners are hoping later this month Felix will be able to join the team again. He could be the pitcher replacing Mike Leake when the time comes.