Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Mariners Still In The Race

The Seattle Mariners are still in the race
for the playoffs though the odds are against
it. On Monday night in Seattle though they
beat the Astros 6-1 so they trail the Astros
by three games with six remaining on the
season.

Looking at the score you wouldn't know it
was a pitching duel for the first six innings.
Neither team had scored a run. In fact, the
Mariners hadn't gotten a hit off Astros starter
Lance McCullers Jr. 

In the seventh inning it all changed. The 
Mariners scored four runs off of Lance
McCullers in the seventh inning. The 
big blow was a three-run homer by
Evan White his seventh of the season.

The Mariners went on to score two 
more runs in the eighth inning. The 
Astros scored their single run in the 
top of the ninth inning off reliever 
Joey Gerber with two outs.

Gerber hadn't given up a run in his 
previous ten appearances. Carlos 
Correa hit a double followed by Josh 
Reddick single.  Catcher Martin 
Maldonado hit the first pitch for fly 
ball out to right field to end the game.

Marco Gonzales started the game, he 
went eight innings giving up no runs
 on seven hits. He walked one batter 
while striking out six. It was his first 
victory against the Astros. 



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