first time they have had their starting
outfield together since May.
Jesse Winker in left, Julio in center
and Mitch Haniger in right. I know the critics are not fans of Winker playing
in the field but right now Carlos Santana is the primary dh with Mitch
needing a day on occasion. The Mariners can put Dylan Moore out there late in games as they did Friday
night pinch running for Winker after
he had a hit.
The Mariners scored two runs in the fourth inning when Julio drove in two
runs to make it a 3-1 lead. It looks like
Julio no problem swinging the bat.
Also good to see him in center.
The Texas Rangers scored a run in the
sixth inning off of George Kirby who then exited with two outs. A tight game
until the Mariners scored a run in the
eighth and two more in.the ninth for good measure.
Adam Frazier continues his hot hitting
having two hits. He didn't drive in any
runs but scored twice. Now with a
regular lineup JP Crawford batted ninth. JP had been struggling late
at the plate however his last at bat
he hit a lot of foul balls before hitting
a fly ball to score a run on a sacrifice.
He walked twice as well. He is in the
right spot in the lineup for now.
Cal Raleigh struggled a bit at the plate though he had a double. Other at bats
he had opportunities to drive in more runs. Cal struck out three times. He needs to stay away from swinging at
low balls that are hard to hit anyway.
Hopefully he learned and not be discouraged.
By the way the final score was
Mariners 6 Rangers 2
Marco Gonzales starts Saturday against the Rangers. The game starts
an hour earlier than Friday's. The
game is on Fox TV. I was hoping to
get in an hour of the Seahawks preseason game first but now I will have to go back and forth. I will start
with Seahawks kickoff first and then
go from there.
I thought the Mariners would Castillo on Sunday will be Logan Gilbert. It
looks like Castillo will start the opening
game against the Angels.
The order of the rotation right now
looks to be Castillo, Ray, Kirby, Gonzales and Gilbert. Chris Flexen
didn't pitch Friday night so should
get into Saturday's game unless
waiting for Sunday. Right now not
sure how often he will pitch but I
would say every five days since that
is what he is accustomed to. Being
a starter they throw once between
starts so he could pitch an inning
in a game between as well. A lot
depends on how much the bullpen
is being used. Go M's.
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