Mariners Blown Out

The Seattle Mariners were blown out
Tuesday by the Oakland A's 12-6 on
Tuesday night. I guess if you were
going to get beaten I would prefer
a blow out instead of a one run loss.

Marco Gonzales looked good in his

first outing back giving up one run

on two hits, walked one and struck

out six. His one run giving up was

a home run in second inning by Olson.

The Mariners were leading 4-1 when

Gonzales left the game.

It looked bright for the Mariners until

the seventh inning when the A's scored

six runs. Harold Santiago made his 

first appearance for the Mariners after

being called up from Tacoma about a

week ago. He did fine first two innings

however gave up three runs in the seventh.

He was followed by Peter Sewald who

gave up three more runs. I thought it was

unfair to say Sewald pitched a bad game.

The plate umpire made some terrible calls

on balls that looked like strikes. The Mariner

should have been out of the inning without

damage with Sewald in the game.

The A's scored two runs in both the eighth

and ninth innings to seal the deal. Zamora

had his first bad outing giving up two runs

including a homer in the eighth and Vest

went two-thirds in the 9th. I think that Vest

was taken off the injured list because of

covid too early. He hasn't been the same

pitcher since his return.

The Mariners new looking outfield with

Kyle Lewis going on the injured list had

Jake Fraley in right, Jarred Kelenic in center

and Taylor Trammell who was recalled to

take Lewis spot in left. Kelenic was moved

down in the order to sixth. JP Crawford

was back in the leadoff spot followed by

Haniger who dh. Kyle Seager was in the

third spot which I don't understand at all.

The reason likely was he bats left handed.

Trammell though was the only of the outfield

to get a hit and it was a home run in the fourth

inning. He batted seventh behind Kelenic. 

Tom Murphy who was the hero in Monday's

game caught and hit a home run in the 8th

inning.

It is tough now because not a lot of success in

the batting order from 5th through 9th spot.

We hope that Trammell will have more success

his second time around, Fraley not hitting yet

and Kelenic still having trouble though moved

down in the order to 6th. We hope that he can

turn things around. Unless the Mariners can

find someone there is not much can be done

with the outfield at this time. No one in Tacoma

on the 40-man roster.  Go M's.