The Seattle Mariners lost to the Oakland A’s Thursday night
3-1. Felix Hernandez went five and one-third innings giving up the three runs.
It was like so many games Felix pitched where the offense
decided not to show up for the game. I predicted the home run by Matt Chapman
in the second inning right after Marcus Semien walked on a swing I believed
should have been strike three. It has happened many a time a batter was called
out on a swing like that.
In the bottom of the 5th inning though Dylan Moore
made a spectacular catch with the bases loaded to end the inning. Felix had
thrown already one hundred pitches so it was fitting Servais came out in the
sixth inning to take Felix out of the game after the first out.
The Mariners only run came in the 5th inning when
Kyle Seager had a single then came home on an Austin Nola double. The rest of
the night it felt like the players were just like the fans there to see the
final chapter of Felix Hernandez. There was no energy at all from the hitters.
It was fitting two of the four hits the Mariners had on the
night were from Kyle Seager who will probably be the only remaining Mariner
next season when Jerry Dipoto and Scott Servais came in. The one other hit
besides Seager’s two, Nola’s double was a single by Domingo Santana.
I do hope the Mariners offense does come alive for the final
three games on the season. Justus Sheffield starts Friday night followed by Marco
Gonzales on Saturday, and Justin Dunn will start the final game of the season
Sunday afternoon. Go M's.
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