Means to an End, or My First No-Hitter

We noticed how good he was immediately. First Mariners batter in the bottom of the 1st, Mitch Haniger, whom we’d just seen in a between-innings video talking about his first call up to the bigs (in 2016 with the Diamondbacks), as well as his first hit (a 2-run triple off Noah Syndergaard), saw three pitches and sat down. Then Ty France got to 3-2 and K’ed looking. Then Kyle Seager with a dribbler to first.

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Posted in Mariners, Columns, Caught Looking; Tagged Baltimore Orioles, No-hitters  |   Posted on May 5, 2021 at 10:36pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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M's lose series to Orioles despite the unheralded greatness of Marco Gonzales

The Baltimore Orioles are, by record, the second-worst team in the Major Leagues, behind only the 4½ games worse Detroit Tigers. The Mariners had already beaten them three out of four times earlier in the summer, and coming off a sweep of the not-as-bad-but-still-not-good Pittsburgh Pirates, one could be forgiven for thinking the M's would take their final road trip of the season in impressive fashion. Instead, Seattle dropped two of three to the hapless Orioles and come home having recorded a 4-2 road swing.

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Posted in Mariners; Tagged Marco Gonzales, Series, Baltimore Orioles, Felix Hernandez  |   Posted on September 22, 2019 at 9:31pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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M's take three of four from worst team in MLB, retain semblance of self-esteem

If only the Mariners could face Baltimore pitching every day.

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Posted in Mariners; Tagged Series, Yusei Kikuchi, Baltimore Orioles, Mike Leake  |   Posted on June 23, 2019 at 9:16pm   |   Permalink   |     |  
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