Mariner Loss Tuesday

The Seattle Mariners Lost Tuesday night in the
middle game of the series against the Rangers in
Arlington Texas.

After having fifteen hits while scoring ten runs

on Monday in win over the Rangers on Tuesday

the Mariners were only able to muster two runs

on four hits.

A young team though talented this is going to

happen more frequently than we would like.

Marco Gonzales struggled on the mound giving

up runs in both the second and fourth inning,

however, didn't give up any home runs 

Center fielder Nick Solak was the hitting hero

for the Rangers driving in three of their four

runs. He had three hits raising his average to

..288.

The Mariner scored their two runs in the

fifth inning with a walk to Dee Gordon,

a hit by designated hitter Tim Lopes. and

hit by JP Crawford.  A throwing error 

allowed Lopes to score the second run.

Kyle Seager continues to hit well in 

Texas having two of the four hits

unfortunately he wasn't able to drive

in any runs. The Mariners didn't have

an extra base hit on the night.

The bullpen had a fine night which has

been hard to find on a regular basis.

Matt Magill, Dan Altavilla and Bryan

Shaw each pitched an inning without

giving up a hit. At least they gave them

a chance to win. Magill was outstanding

striking out all three batters he faced.

All three relievers  could pitch on Wednesday

night if needed since Thursday the Mariners

have an off day before having a weekend

series in Houston.

The Mariners need to find answers for the

bottom of the batting order with Lopes 

being the only one with a hit and the only

one batting over two hundred. The hitting

coaches will have to find a way to get

those guys going. It is keeping the offense

stale for the most part. 

Taijuan Walker will be starting Wednesday

night's game. See if he can rebound after 

having a poor performance in his last outing.

The outing before that he pitched outstanding.

We hope to see that Walker.