The excellent feature of baseball is that even after a teeth-achingly bad loss, you usually get a possibility to get right back after it the next day; theres no stewing in ones own juices for a week like in the NFL. However, the other extreme of this is needing to get hyped up again to play a doubleheader a half hour after the previous video game ended, with a bench shortened by injury, after your bullpen blew a big cause lose the video game on a walkoff. Nevertheless! The Mariners played, and again kept rate with the red-hot Padres, and this time got the ending they need to have had earlier. Sometimes a mulligan is just what you need.
First inning: GLORIOUS
Keeping the offense train rolling, the Mariners got to Garrett Richards in the first, with J.P. Crawford and Sam Haggerty striking back-to-back songs followed by a walk to Kyle Lewis to pack the bases. Kyle Seager struck a sac fly scoring J.P., and after that Austin Nola strolled to re-load the bases. That set the stage for Garrett Richards to happily toss a comically wretched middle-middle fastball to Jose Marmolejos, who did what youre expected to do with a comically wretched middle-middle fastball:
And following that, Shed Long participated the action with a yummy little oppo taco of his own:
Yusei Kikuchi would offer among those runs back, quiting a solo homer to Manny Machado, who absolutely can not be stopped of late, but otherwise navigated through the top of the Padres lineup without damage, consisting of striking out Tatís Jr., for his 3rd K on the day handed to him by Mariners pitching.
That bounced Richards from the video game to be changed by Luis Perdomo– not to be puzzled with Luis Patiño, who youll see later; Perdomo is a previous Rule 5 choice who walked so Yohan Ramirez could fly. Perdomo got Dee Gordon to lineout to end the carnage.
2nd inning: LABORIOUS
The second inning wasnt rather as sharp for Kikuchi. It began with pesky Jake Cronenworth hitting a ground ball with eyes to extend his striking streak to 11, followed by longtime Joe Doyle crush Ty France doubling into the corner to put runners at third and 2nd with just one out. A Profar chop to Seager scored Cronenworth, however Kikuchi was able to start out Austin Hedges and Trent Grisham back-to-back to get away the inning without substantial damage to anything besides his pitch count – 45 pitches through two innings.
3rd inning: DESULTORIOUS
Seager led off the Mariners half of the inning with a double, but his colleagues revealed an absence of a strategy, function, or interest in bringing him in, and the inning ended with Seags still standing where he began on second base. Luckily, the Padres had a likewise desultory approach, and Kikuchi had a much smoother go of it in his half-inning, cutting through the top of the Padres lineup including the hazardous Tatís and Machado 1-2-3.
4th inning: MERITORIOUS
Both pitchers worked their respective innings quickly and without damage. Perdomo retired Long, Gordon, and Crawford 1-2-3, and Kikuchi quit another ground ball single to the pesky Cronenworth but likewise gathered two strikeouts, including getting Ty France to swing through 97 at the top of the zone and one on a cutter at 94 (!) that looked like it was going to take a nibble out of Wil Myerss knees.
Fifth inning: PRECARIOUS
The fun feature of playing the Padres existss never ever a shortage of premium potential customers to see. San Diego phoned Luis Patiño earlier in the month, however this is the first possibility Ive gotten to see him. I did see Patiño in the last game that the Mariners would dip into Spring Training, in a night game shortened by rain. Patiño was pumping big stuff– a high-90s fastball, a biting slider, and a tough curve only a couple miles slower than the slider– without much concept of where it was going. Here, he got a couple simple groundouts from Sam Haggerty and Kyle Seager but also strolled Kyle Lewis and Austin Nola, with ball four to Nola being a wild pitch that moved Lewis to 3rd. The Mariners couldnt do anything with Patiños wandering control as Marmolejos tapped out gently to end the inning.
Things got precarious for Kikuchi in the 5th, when Jorge Mateo– no longer an Athletic! Tatíss bad showing versus the Mariners continued as he flew out softly on a breaking ball (not soft: Tatíss curse word after he flew out), and then Machado politely hit into a double play to end the inning and Kikuchis day. Kikuchi wasnt ideal– he required 81 pitches in his 5 innings– however he struck out six and strolled none in addition to pumping some gas.
Sixth inning: INEXPERIENCEOUS
David Bednar, another player I keep in mind from the AFL however who all of a sudden throws 97 now due to the fact that Padres, has an ERA of over 6 but didnt look like it as he blew threw the Mariners 1-2-3. The Mariners countered with their own prospect in lefty Aaron Fletcher, who did not throw a strike in his first 10 pitches and left with the bases filled and simply one out.
Seventh inning: VICTORIOUS
Sam Haggerty thought a multi-hit game looked like an enjoyable concept so he quickly doubled into the best field corner to offer the Mariners a much-needed insurance run. If I was a professional baseball player I would simply see what my teammate did when he got a hit and effort to duplicate it. Kyle Lewis is an iconoclast and struck out, ending his 10-game hitting streak, but Austin Nola understands a good thing when he sees it, singling into left field to drive house more insurance for the Mariners.
It did not work out, as Hosmers body language there can inform you. The ball was tapped weakly back to Hirano, who tossed over to the hero of the day, Marmolejos.
Machado likewise hit one to Seager, who made the turn to Dee, however the ball apparently got stuck in Dees glove and they werent able to turn the game-winning double play. 2 outs.
Tomorrow the Mariners begin their next series in Anaheim against the sorrowful Angels. Now I have a taste for this winning thing, so lets keep it rolling.
Tatis then hit an infield single to put runners at very first and second with one out and raise the Monster Machado.
The excellent thing about baseball is that even after a teeth-achingly bad loss, you usually get a chance to get right back after it the next day; theres no stewing in ones own juices for a week like in the NFL. The other extreme of this is having to get hyped up once again to play a doubleheader a half hour after the previous game ended, with a bench reduced by injury, after your bullpen blew a huge lead to lose the game on a walkoff. The Mariners played, and once again kept pace with the red-hot Padres, and this time got the ending they must have had earlier. Keeping the offense train rolling, the Mariners got to Garrett Richards in the very first, with J.P. Crawford and Sam Haggerty striking back-to-back songs followed by a walk to Kyle Lewis to load the bases. If I was a professional baseball player I would just see what my colleague did when he got a hit and effort to reproduce it.
The last employer: anime villain Eric Hosmer.
Hosmer decided he d be aggressive on a very first pitch splitter.
That left a five-run lead in the hands of Yoshihisa Hirano, who started off by strolling something called a Greg Garcia on 4 straight pitches. Can we have Gerber back please? Is Ljay still tired? Can Braden Bishop pitch?
( No, however he can catch. Out primary.).
you cant see, but hes smiling under his mask.
