Mariners Lose A Close Game

The Seattle Mariners had their chance
Friday night to beat the LA Angels but
it didn't happen. They lost 3-2 despite
they had the bases loaded with no out.
Neither Mitch Haniger or Kyle Seager
or Ty France could get enough to get a
hit or in Haniger and Seager a sacrifice
fly to tie the score.

I am not sure why Kyle Seager is batting

third other than the potential of doing 

something. The problem though they

don't have many other choices to stick

in the third spot except putting France

there and moving Seager down the

order. 

When Seager is hot it would be good

to see him in the middle of the lineup,

however, the rest of the time it is 

meaningless. His defense is good still

but the rest of his game makes me shake

my head. Ok he is a rare veteran player

but the Mariners have never been to the

playoffs with him on the roster so what

is the big deal. 

Seager does look like he has a good 

sense of humor and he plays the game

the right way though not always with

success. I am sure he benefits the young

players. We won't really know how much

until he is gone.

Robert Dugger was the opener in this 

one as the Mariners had to go with 

the bullpen without Justin Dunn who

is on injured list. He pitched well for

the first two and one-thirds inning then

gave up a single to David Fletcher and

a home run to Justin Upton to tie the

score at 2-2.

JP Crawford who seems to be on fire

recently led the game off with a home 

run then had a sacrifice fly in the top

of the third inning scoring Taylor 

Trammell after he hit a double then

moved over to third on a sacrifice bunt

by Donovan Walton.  Trammell has

four hits in the four games he has since

return when Kyle Lewis went on the 

injured list.

Speaking of Lewis according to general

manager Jerry Dipoto it looks like he

will be out for quite some time. We may

be lucky to see him before the season is

over. Lewis will get a second opinion to

see if he will need surgery or not. 

The Mariners bullpen did a good job on

Friday night keeping the team in the game

though the offense were not able to get

enough runs.

The Mariners picked up reliever Yacksel

Rios from the Tampa Bay Rays. Rios

had been pitching at the Rays triple-A

team. Rios had an option about being 

called up by the Rays by June 1. It

seems despite pitching well in triple-A

the Rays didn't have a spot in their

bullpen. Not sure when he will be 

activated by the Mariners I am sure 

we will see him soon. The Mariners

got Rios for cash. The state of the

Mariners bullpen getting a reliever 

is a good idea.  

Yusei Kikuchi will pitch Saturday

night. The Mariners have a good

chance in winning if he continues

to pitch like he has recently. Right

now with Marco Gonzales trying to

make his way back Kikuchi has to

be considered the ace of the rotation.

Go M's.