Mariners lost the opener to
the Oakland A's 4-1.
The Mariners had Julio Rodriguez back in center
field however the offense
struggled again after nine
runs Monday.
The Mariners had opportunities
to score early as Oakland starter Sears struggled on the
mound. They couldn't get a
key hit. The Mariners had a
runner on third and first with
no outs. Dylan Moore and
Abraham Toro couldn't produce
even a sacrifice out. Sears
trouble on the mound produced
two walks including Sam Haggerty's with the bases loaded to give the one run and
the lead for a few innings.
Luis Castillo pitched well early
on however gave up on one
mistake a three run homer.
This was after getting the
first two outs before two
singles before hanging a
pitch to Kemp. Let you
know Kemp has a career
batting average against the
Mariners at .279. Seems worse
since he gets key hits.
The Mariners need to win the
two remaining games of the
series. The magic number
was eleven wins to.make the
playoffs. Not sure still the
same since the Rays lost to
the Astros as well. Might be
ten games. Had the Mariners
won it would have been ten
or even nine. With a win and
a loss by at least one of the
other playoff contender the
number should go down by
two I think. The Mariners still good shot in making the playoffs but need to take care
of these teams they are playing. They have the easiest
schedule for the remaining
season which they take care
of but the offense needs to
do their job.
One thing for sure the Mariners
will need to add to the offense
during the off season. Julio
and Cal Raleigh who missed
the game for injury to one of
his fingers should be back
soon are the only sure position
players to return next season.
Eugenio Suarez out right now is almost a clear shot to return
next season. I would say Sam
Haggerty looks to return as a
utility player. Though he plays
good defense Dylan Moore
has for the second season to
be a bust at the plate. I would
look at picking up a utility
player with more offense. I
am sure there someone out there.
Abraham Toro has the opportunity with Suarez
out to do something but
hasn't so far and why he
had been demoted to
triple A. The second base
position should be where
the Mariners should look
at picking up a free agent
or trade at.
The Mariners could bring back
Adam Frazier but have him
in the role what Toro had. The
advantage with Frazier he can
play the outfield to.
More about that and more
when the season is over.
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