Mariners Go For Sweep

The Mariners were swept by the 

Dodgers over the weekend so

they needed wins against Oakland

to get back into the race.

The fortunate thing the Rangers and

Astros are struggling on their own too.

Tuesday the Mariners beat Oakland

in game two 7-2. They have final

game of season Wednesday afternoon

then head to Arlington to play three

against the Rangers. They will finish

the season next week at home

for three against Astros and four against 

the Rangers. How they do in these

remaining games decides playoffs

or not. How hungry are they or will

they let their weaknesses get the best

of them. 

Tuesday night they got off to a slow

start. Jarred Kelenic drove in the first two runs one in the second and other in the

fourth inning. The Mariners scored four

runs in the seventh inning before the

A's scored twice. 

JP Crawford continues having a great

season. He had a double in the seventh

to drive in Dylan Moore. Julio was walked

then Cal Raleigh single to drive in Crawford.

Teoscar Hernandez hit a double to drive 

in Julio. Raleigh scored on a wild pitch.

In the ninth inning JP Crawford hit a solo

home run to make it 7-2 after A's scored 

twice in the bottom of the seventh. Though

Julio has had a great second half Crawford

hss to be the MVP for the season. He 

continues making key hits.

Luis Castillo went seven innings giving

up the two runs in the bottom of 7th.

He gave up five hits, walked three and

struck out eight.  The Mariners were

able to rest the majority of their bullpen.

George Kirby starts Wednesday. We 

hope he can bounce back after having

some rough outings in recent starts.

We need to see the all-star pitcher going.

He likely have two starts remaing one

against the Astros and one against Rangers both at home. Go M's.