Mariners Take Final in Series

The Mariners beat the Orioles 

9-3 in final game Thursday 

afternoon.

Takeaways: The offense played 

a lot of small ball. It looked exciting.

Sam Haggerty was recalled from

Tacoma for the second time. He

started in right field. Kevin Pablo

was sent down. Haggerty had a bunt

single in his first at bat. The ball was

thrown away so runner scored from

second base. JP Crawford had a swinging bunt to score to. He laughed

standing at first. The Mariners scored

three runs. Later they scored four runs.

Scott Servais was so happy in his

press conference because they had

three sac flies. Something had trouble

with all season. The Mariners can do

that the rest of the way have more 

success.

The only long ball was by Julio Rodriguez who hit a ball into

the second deck. Didn't take long 

to get there.

Chris Flexen went six innings giving up the three runs. Erik Swanson, Ken Giles and Penn Murfee each pitched an inning. Only Murfee gave up a hit.

Nice to see the Mariners win the series

after getting off to poor start in the 

opening game. The Mariners also brought up outfielder Marcus Wilson

making his major debut. Most likely

Haggerty and Wilson will platoon

in right field for now. Wilson pinch 

hit for Haggerty in the eight inning

and he drew a walk. Taylor Trammel 

as expected was put on the injured

list.

The Mariners now have a four game

series against Oakland beginning 

on Friday. Hopefully the Mariners 

will win three out of four at least.

The Mariners are now tied for third

with the Angels at 36-41. Logan 

Gilbert will start Friday for the

Mariners.

Mariners Shut Out Orioles

The Seattle Mariners game was

against the Orioles on Tuesday

Night was a good pitching duel.

Final score Seattle 2 Baltimore 0

Takeaways: Both teams had outstanding pitching with neither

starters giving up a run. Mariners

starter Robb Ray went seven innings

giving up only one hit. He did walk

three batters however struck out

eight. Diego Castillo and Paul Sewald

did their jobs each going an inning.

The Mariners may have scored runs 

before the eighth inning however Orioles  played excellent defense especially the right and center fielder robbing the Mariners of at least a couple doubles.

Strange occurrense in the 8th inning

which allowed the Mariners to score 

the two runs. JP Crawford was on 

first base when Julio Rodriguez hit

a dribbler down the first base line.

He avoided the tag but hadn't touched 

first base. I think the first baseman thought he did because he threw to

third base to try to get Crawford who

was trying to advance. Had he tagged

Julio it would have been the third out.

Jesse Winker who came up next hit a

towering high ball that looked to be a home run turned out to be a double

scoring Crawford and Julio and that was the ball game.

Taylor Trammel had to leave the game 

with a hamstring pull. Most likely

will have to go on injured list. If so

the Mariners will have to make a 

decision to bring up Jarred Kelenic or 

an infielder which means Dylan Moore

for the time meaning plays right field.

Mitch Haniger maybe returning in the

next couple weeks. Kyle Lewis is taking some batting practice to. He might go

for rehab stint soon. Watching a video

of Kyle he looks better running to first

base than when he played the three games before going on injured list for

a concussion. Look forward to seeing

both of them.

Carlos Santana made his first start 

at first base Tuesday night after

being traded to Mariners Monday.

He didn't get a hit though had a walk.

He did play good first base with his

defense. 

Mariners play afternoon game 

Wednesday. Chris Flexen will start

for the Mariners. Pitching like he

has in his last several starts the

Mariners have a good shot at winning.

See how the offense works. Go M's.

Mariners Lose At Home

The Mariners continue having 

trouble winning at home after

having successful road trips.

It is odd since they were doing

well at home and not so good

on the road at beginning of the 

season.

Final Baltimore 9 Seattle 2

Takeaways: George Kirby had

trouble lasting only four innings.

He gave up two home runs in

both the third and fourth innings.

In total gave up seven runs.

Penn Murfee and Tommy Milone

each gave up a run. Murfee went 

two innings and Milone there.

This means  the Mariners will have

most of the bullpen available  Tuesday

if needed.

Tyler Wells the Orioles pitched well

giving up one hit and a run in five 

innings. Cal Raleigh hit a home run

in the fifth inning. Have no reason 

why Wells didn't go longer.

Offense: Besides Raleigh home run the other two hits were by Julio Rodriguez

and Eugenio Suarez who drove in the

second run with a double. Actually Julio ended up scoring. It took place in the sixth inning.

Reinforcement: the Mariners Monday

made a trade picking up former Mariner Carlos Santana from the

Kansas City Royals for two minor

league pitchers. Santana will play

first base while France is out and

then dh. He play first when France

needs a day off. Not sure happens

when Kyle Lewis and or Mitch Haniger

return but come to that bridge when

it happens. Santana certainly help

the Mariners offense. 

Santana came the first time when the

Mariners traded for JP Crawford.

Speaking of Crawford he was suspended five games for Sunday's

brawl. Jesse Winker got seven and

Julio Rodriguez two. Not sure why

Julio who said he was trying to break

things up. All three are appealing

their suspensions. 

Angel's manager Phil Nevin was

suspended ten games. Four Angel

coaches got suspended to but not

sure for how long. Nevin can't appeal

since managers are not part of the

collective bargaining agreement. He

should get more games in my opinion.

Robbie Ray goes Tuesday night. The

way he has pitched hopefully means

the Mariners will win. We will see.

Go.M's.

Mariners Lose Final Game of Series

I am sure most everyone have heard

about the bench brawl in the second 

inning of the Mariners  loss to the

Angels  Sunday afternoon. The final 

Angels 2 Mariners  1

Takeaways: Jesse Winker  was hit by 

a pitch in the second inning by opener

starter Wentz who ended up being tossed

from the game as well as Angels  manager

Phil Nevin.

Things would have been OK since Winker 

was heading  to  first base, however,  third

baseman Anthony Rendon said something 

toward Winker who ended up going toward

the Angels bench. Rendon who is on the

injured list was on the Angels bench. In

my opinion major league  baseball  should 

not allow someone  who  is on the injured

list to be in the dugout. 

The Angels had two other players kicked out

of the game as well  as Winker the Mariners 

lossed Julio Rodriguez and JP Crawford as well. 

Manager Scott Servais  was ejected to. 

We should  expect some heavy fines coming

down from major league  baseball along with 

suspensions. Phil Nevin said in his post game

comments that is just baseball and tensions 

got headed.  If this were the case  why did Wentz

start the game and Suarez the original  named

starter came in after Wentz was tossed. 

Fortunately  no players were injured. 

The Mariners scored their only run in the sixth

inning when Abraham Toro  hit a home run.  Toro

didn't start the game but came in for JP Crawford 

when he was ejected. Toro played second base

and Dylan Moore  moved to  shortstop. Adam Frazier 

came in for Winkler and  Taylor Trammell for Julio.

The Angels  had no starting position players tossed

from the game as the Mariners had three. 

The Angels  scored their two runs in the seventh inning.

Mariners  starter Marco Gonzales pitched well  going 

into seventh  inning recorded the loss.

The Mariners  now come home to  play  the  Baltimore 

Orioles for three games  followed by four with the Oakland

A's. We will  have to see what Mariner players will be available. 

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Mariners Continue Streak

The Seattle Mariners won again 

Saturday night beating the Angels

once again on the road 5-3.

Takeaways: The Mariners once 

again walked Mike Trout this time

in the 9th inning. Not in easy task

as Ohtani came up as the winning

run. Ohtani hit a massive home run

in the third inning. Erik Swanson 

was able to get Ohtani out on high

inside pitch to pop out to right field.

The Mariners scored first with Julio Rodriguez hitting a home run in the first inning. The Angels scored a

run in the 4th inning after Ohtani's

in the 3rd.

The Mariners scored three more runs

in the sixth inning primarily because

of an error. Final run was in the seventh.

Cal Raleigh had a good game having

three hits including two doubles 

however the Mariners couldn't cash

in. It is nice to see how well Raleigh

is at the plate as well as behind it.

Logan Gilbert had another good

night of pitching giving up three

runs in five and two-thirds innings.

Two runs were by homers.

The bullpen did a fine job once

again. It seems the Mariners have

a bullpen again they can count

on. Penn Murfee who has been 

outstanding since being called 

out was able to get the final out

of the sixth inning.

Lefty Borucki who pitched Friday

night pitched the seventh inning 

giving up just one hit. He has been

a pleasant surprise so far. For the

Toronto Blue Jays he was a starter

But the Mariners have been able

to count on him being the primary

lefty out of the bullpen. The Mariners

have veteran Tommy Milone to come

out of the bullpen as a lefty too. 

Most likely see him pitch Sunday if

needed. 

Diego Castillo who has pitched well

as of late pitched the eighth before

Swanson in the 9th. Interesting how

the Mariners use Castillo. In the 

same manner as Sewald we can see

him any inning between seven and

nine depending where the lineup is

for the opposing team.

Now we see whether the Mariners

sweep the Angels and the road trip

on Sunday. Whatever the case the

Mariners will take at least five of six.

The Mariners currently in third

place in the division however staying

there will depend whether they win

Sunday or not.

In football the story is the Seahawks

are still interested in quarterback

Baker Mayfield. A story won't end for

now. You could say the media has

to write about something. Keep you

up to date if he does come to Seattle.

Mariners Win 4th Straight

The Seattle Mariners beat the Angels 

in Anaheim in the opening game of the

series in Anaheim on Friday night 4-3.

Takeaways

Servais finally did something smart

in regards to Trout walking him in the

8th inning. Trout was involved in all

three runs scored in the game. Julio

Rodriguez missed judged a play that

allowed Trout to have a triple in the

4th inning where he scored the first 

Angel run in the Angel making the score 3-1. The Mariners scored a run thankfully in the top of the sixth since

Trout hit a two run homer in the bottom

of the inning.

Neither teams scored a run in the final

three innings. Jesse Winker and Eugenio Suarez are starting to get hot. 

Each had three hits including a double.

Winker scored a run and so did Suarez

along with a RBI. Hopefully we see this

continue the rest of the series at least.

Pitching Chris Flexen went five innings

plus giving up all three runs. Lefty Ryan

Borucki pitched an inning coming in for Flexen without giving up a hit. 

Erik Swanson who has had a good

season didn't have one of his better

outings getting only one while surrendering  no runs. Andre Munoz

came in and was able to get out of the 

inning with a double play. Munoz pitched the 8th inning. Most likely

won't pitch the rest of the series.

Paul Sewald recorded the save in

the 9th. It was 6th save of season

for Sewald.

News is Ty France goes on the 

injury list. Hopefully rest will

help and he will be back after

ten days. Dylan Moore will probably

start most of the games at first

with France out. Not sure who 

takes France roster spot yet. The

Mariners do have a spot on the

40 most opened. Evan White is

rehabbing again with Tacoma but

probably won't be him. 

Mariners Sweep Series

The Mariners didn't look like

they were going to sweep the

series on Thursday afternoon

as the A's were pitching a no-

hitter going into the eighth

inning. 

The Mariners had two hits in the

eighth inning by Adam Frazier 

and Luis Torrens. The only two

the Mariners had on the day though

scored two in.the 9th to win.

Takeaways: When you are a bad

team you find a way to lose even

giving up two hits in the eighth 

inning and leading 1-0 going into

the 9th. Zach Jackson A's reliever

walked two batter. He did get two 

outs while striking out one. Also 

walked  two batters. AJ Puk came 

in walking two as well.  Dylan Moore

scored the tying run when Puk

threw a wild pitch. Again he threw 

another wild pitch to score Jess

Winker to win the ballgame  as well. 

Ty France was injured in the 5th

inning when Abraham Toro threw

a throw from the third base. France

was off the base and collided with

the runner. Dylan Moore had to replace

him in the game. Right now don't 

know how much time France will be

out. Hopefully it won't be long.

Pitching: Robbie Ray who pitched 

well in his last three outings did

another job again for the Mariners

giving up the one run in the first

inning. Despite the opposing

pitcher Frankie Montes throwing 

the no-hitter for seven innings.

Ray gave up four hits while walking

two and striking out six. The Mariners

now have 21 straight games where

they have given up three runs or less.

The Mariners just have to have their

offense hit more consistently.

The Mariners now go to Anaheim

to take on the Angels. Last week

the Angels beat the Mariners four

out of five games in Seattle primarily

because of Mike Trout's five home

runs. The Mariners hope to silence

Trout and the Angels this weekend.

Next week the Mariners take on the

Baltimore Orioles and Oakland A's

at home. Should have more success.

Go M's.