Mariners Blow Opportunity

It is important to win the first game 

of a series. The Mariners hsdvdone so in recent series. Friday night in Houston

the Mariners had the opportunity to

so however the bullpen were unable

to do so this time.

The Mariners bullpen has done quite

well so far on the season so have to

expect a little stumble once in a while.

It is tough though on the road against

a division rival. This especially true 

against a team that got off to terrible

start on the season. 

The Astros have done well lately and we figured they would so could be a three team racethough Oakland has done better than expected so could be four. The Los

Angeles Angels started off well then went

on a losing streak then they lost centerfielder Mike Trout to an injury and

looks to be out for the season. The Angels

really couldn't afford losing Trout so the

likelihood they won't get back into.the

race even if they had a shot before.

Final Astros 5 Mariners 3

The Mariners had another quality start

this time by George Kirby who went 

six innings and gave up one run. He

threw 88 pitches so may have thought 

he could have gone another inning or

at least gotten one or two outs anyway.

 Mariners scored first in the third inning

when Jorge Polanco hit a solo home run.

The Astros tied in the bottom of the 4th

inning when shortstop Jeremy Pena 

grounded out to Jorge Polanco and 

Yordan Alvarez scored.

In the fifth inning Dylan Moore hit a

two-run homer with Luke Raley on

base.  The  Astros scored four runs

off of Trent Thornton and Gabe Speier

in the 7th inning. 

The Mariners had a chance in the

8th inning to tie the game anyway

with two runners on base however 

Mitch Hanover flied out to right field

then Josh Rojas was out at home.

Most of the season the Mariners

have had trouble scoring runs late

in games. Though the starters have

done quite well and the bullpen too

the position players need to do

better.  Batters 4 thru 7 didn't have

a hit on the night. They all need or

at least one in critical time needs 

to get at least one hit. 

Saturday Logan Gilbert goes for the

Mariners so we hope for another

quality start. We hope for more success

in the middle of the lineup to do better.

If the Mariners end up not doing well

on this road trip they need to look for

another hitter. Someone who can be

successful on a regular basis. Go M's.