Mariners Shout Out the Guardians

First it was Emerson Hancock he went

six innings pitching a no-hitter.   He did

allow a walk however struck out nine.

The Guardians has trouble with his

sweeper. 

Cooper Criswell pitched the final three

innings. He gave up two hits. He got a

hit early in the 7th inning however he 

got out of it on a double play.  Cooper

didn't walk a batter and struck out five.

He to threw  a sweeper that the Guardians had trouble with. This means the bullpen 

should be in good shape. Most likely 

won't see Criswell in the Yankees series.

Hancock keeps pitching like this will

put the Mariners in a tough spot when

Bryan Miller comes back. At least 

Miller should have a good rehab 

assignment to be ready. The Mariners 

could put Hancock back in the bullpen 

or go with a six man rotation which they

did a few years ago. This comes down

to how healthy the rest of the starters 

go too. Criswell shows he could be a

good long reliever or be ready to pitch

in the rotation if necessary. 

The Mariners offense was silent until

the 4th inning.  The Guardians starter

to through a lot of pitches. Dominic 

Canzone  got on followed by  Cole Young.

Leo Rivas singled to bring in Canzone.

Brendan Donovan hit a three run homer 

to make it 4-0.  All four of these guys 

had a good series. 

In the 5th inning Randy Arozarena hit

a double scoring Julio and  Luke Raley 

hit a single to bring in Randy. This made

it 6-0.  In the 6th inning Cal Raleigh had

his first big hit a double  driving in 

Donovan making it 7-0. In the 8th

inning  Randy singled driving in Julio

who had gotten on by an error of the

Guardians infield making it 8-0.

The final Mariners 8 Guardians 0

This was the first game where the

whole Mariners offense contributed

in some fashion.   Mitch Garver is 

the only position player who didn't 

in the series. It looks like he won't 

get much action unless he subs

for Cal. 

Monday the Mariners will start

Luis Castillo in his first one of

the season against the Yankees. 

Gilbert and Kirby should start 

game two and three. 

The Mariners will have Thursday 

off so Woo will start on Friday 

against the Angels followed by

Hancock on Saturday and Castillo 

on Sunday. The Mariners have a

 road trip with Texas Rangers 

starting on that Monday for three

more games. The rotation will 

start again. They have Thursday

off again so that weekend will

play the Astros in Seattle plus 

Monday for four games. Weird 

schedule to me  since they go 

to San Diego for three then

returning home to play the Rangers

again. Go M's.