Mariners Win Final Game of Series

The Seattle Mariners beat the Colorado
Rockies in the final game of the series
after losing the first two games.

Justus Sheffield pitched a good game 

going six innings  giving up four hits,

no walks, no runs and seven strike outs.

It was his first win in the major leagues

along with his best game so far.

The Mariners got off with JP Crawford

having a hit followed by a two run homer

by Dylan Moore to leadoff the game in

the first inning.

The game stayed that way until the bottom

of the seventh inning when the Mariners 

scored three more runs. Kyle Lewis got on

with a single followed by a walk to Kyle Seager.

They moved along going to third and second

base then Evan White hit a sacrifice fly to

score Lewis then Seager scored on a Tim

Lopes hit. 

The top of the eighth inning things got interesting

when the Rockies scored three runs all earned

off of reliever Dan Altavilla. Taylor Williams

came in to finish off the eighth and recorded

the save in the ninth. It was Williams third

save on the season. 

Altavilla has the talent to be a good reliever 

however he isn't able to pitch well in consecutive

games it looks like. Williams though he hasn't

pitched well all the time he seems to be one of

the best on the Mariners. 

Now the Mariners head to Arlington to take on

the Texas Rangers. The Rangers have played well

at home with a record of 5-3 but has had trouble 

on the road at 1-5. With a total record of 6-8 they

are second place behind the Oakland A's who have

a record of 12-4. The A's lead the Rangers by five

games.

The Houston Astros are 6-9 one game ahead of the

Mariners despite they beat the  Mariners 3 out of 4

in  the first series in Houston on the season. The

Mariners are in fourth place while the Angels are

5-11 a half game behind the Mariners. Amazing to

think for sure.