win the opening game of the double header to the
Oakland A's.
Marco Gonzales didn't have one of his better
outings though he was able to go six innings in
a seven inning affair which saved the bullpen
for the second game.
He gave up four runs in the fourth inning on
two home runs after giving up a run in the
second inning. The Mariners scored a run
in the bottom of the fourth inning on Luis
Torrens first major league home run so
the A's were leading 5-1.
The game fell apart for the A's in the fifth
inning when Jose Marmolejos and Kyle
Lewis each hit a home run. So the Mariners
went into the sixth inning behind 5-4.
The A's didn't score a run in the top of the
sixth however the Mariners got to reliever
Joakim Soria who had a hard time getting
the ball over the plate. Tim Lopes brought
up before the game had three doubles in
the game including the sixth inning.
After Lopes tied the game on a walk Kyle
Lewis came up and walked the go ahead
run making it 6-5. The A's were not able
to score a run in the top of the seventh so
the Mariners won.
In the second game it was all Oakland
winning 9-0. Mike Minor went the
distance for the A's giving up two hits
and two walks. Kyle Lewis and Donovan
Walton had the two hits. The highlight for
the Mariners was Lewis robbing the A's
of a grand slam home run. So you see it
could have even been worse.
Jimmy Yacabonis came out of the bullpen
to start for the Mariners. He went one and
a third innings giving up only one run.
The problem came when recently called
up reliever Seth Frankoff gave up five runs
on five hits along with two walks in one and
two-thirds inning. He didn't even give up
a home run in the process.
Brady Lail pitched the last four innings for
the Mariners. He gave up three runs on two
home runs. At least he saved the bullpen for
another day,
Ljay Newsome who was hit on a liner in
his last start in the second inning putting him
out of the game will start the opening of the
two game series Tuesday night. We wish him
the best in that game.
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