Kyle Lewis Returns Mariners Lose

The Kyle Lewis making his first

appearance of the season wasn't

the reason the Mariners lost. 

Kyle Lewis had two hits in the game.

It was easy to see his limitation in

running the bases. For the time

being Kyle will be at dh. Hard to know

whether he will play the outfield or

not this season.

The Mariners had enough offense

scoring five runs however the pitching

gave up seven runs to the worst hitting

team in the league. No excuses in

my book.

George Kirby went five innings giving up four runs. Kirby struck out nine batters while not walking a batter. 

He gave up a two run homer in the

5th, however the Mariners scored 

three in the bottom of the inning. 

At that point Kirby left being able 

to be the winner.

Drew Steckenrider who has been 

struggling as of late came in the

sixth inning. He gave up a home

run for the A's to tie it.

The Mariners brought in Anthony Misewicz with two outs to face 

a left handed hitter which he did 

record an out. I don't understand

why but he came back out in the

7th inning where he gave up two

runs. The rule is a pitcher coming 

in an inning whether starting that

inning or not has to face three

batters. It does not mean you have

to come back out the next inning

if you haven't faced three batters.

So not sure what manager Scott

Servais was thinking. Like Steckenrider

Misewicz has been struggling lately

as well so why bring him back out

especially when the first batter of the

7th inning was a right handed hitter.

The activation of Kyle Lewis meant the

Mariners had to make a move. The

Mariners optioned left handed pitcher

Danny Young to Tacoma. Now this

means the Mariners have eight relievers. As I have said before the

Mariners need to add another quality

reliever in the bullpen. Ken Giles is

starting to throw in the bullpen but

not sure when he will be available

to be activated. Eriq Swanson's

return isn't known at this time 

either. The bullpen which was 

to be the team's strength again

has been faultering the last few

weeks. Bullpen never know one

season to the next. So let's see

what the Mariners can do in that

regard. Go M's.