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Sugoi! Kikuchi gem keeps Mariners above .500
Those don't look like walks to me—in fact, Straw, at least, should be another strikeout—and without that kind of umpiring Yusei's pitch count would likely have been low enough to get him through at least one more inning. That he mowed down the Astros so well despite that unpredictable moving strike zone is even more remarkable. As his countrymen might say, Sugoi desu ne.Yusei helped himself defensively too, fielding a Baltimore-chop off the bat of Yuli Gurriel following the one hit he allowed in exceptional fashion, sliding to catch the ball on one high bounce and throwing the runner out...
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on April 29, 2021 at 7:00pm | Permalink |
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Game notes — 9/22/20
Happy fall, everyone. Well, "happy" adjusted for 2020, anyway.
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on September 22, 2020 at 11:51pm | Permalink |
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Game notes—8/14/20
The Mariners are back in Houston already. Weren't they just there? Well, this sort of thing happens even in in standard-type seasons, so with this year's wacky west-only schedule it's no surprise that such things happen. At least it was on the same trip as a stop in Dallas-Ft. Worth. Efficiency!
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on August 14, 2020 at 5:54pm | Permalink |
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M's win in Houston, hell dips below freezing
The Mariners hadn't won a game in Houston since 2018, but the pulled one out today. Barely. By the skin of their teeth.
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on July 26, 2020 at 6:30pm | Permalink |
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Game 6: Nats win despite potentially critical blown call
Well. Ask for an interesting World Series game and the baseball gods provide.
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on October 30, 2019 at 12:01am | Permalink |
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DC duds
A great first game. A good second one until it got silly in the late innings. A decent contest, if not a really exciting one, in Game 3. And two snoozers.
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on October 27, 2019 at 10:46pm | Permalink |
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World Series primer
And then there were two.
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on October 22, 2019 at 3:08am | Permalink |
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No-stakes losses to Houston already lost to memory
At this point in the season, when only the very last playoff spots have yet to be clinched and most teams are just playing out the string, things take on a less meaningful aura. I mean, this is sports, and in the grand scheme of things it's all not-that-meaningful, but you get the point. In the case of the just-completed two-game mini-series between the Mariners and Houston Astros, things were even less meaningful: The Astros are already American League West division champions again and the Mariners have been rooted in last place for a while and are assured of finishing there.
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on September 25, 2019 at 11:30pm | Permalink |
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Astros embarrass Mariners in 4-game sweep
Nobody expected much. It was already a mismatch on paper, with Houston sporting one of the best records in baseball as they approach 100 wins yet again, Seattle flailing along in last place on their way to 100 losses. The Astros were 12-1 against the Mariners in the season series. They had Cy Young favorites Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole scheduled over the weekend. But, you know, it's baseball in the big leagues, upsets happen.
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on September 8, 2019 at 10:28pm | Permalink |
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Texas Trouncing
I left town for a week, and so did the Mariners. I think I fared better overall.
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on August 6, 2019 at 3:46pm | Permalink |
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M's fight well in losing cause for two games, give up early in third
On the heels of their promising series win in Milwaukee, the Mariners took on the Astros in Houston for three games to remind us all why this season has been so disappointing.
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on July 1, 2019 at 4:29pm | Permalink |
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Mariners surprisingly competitive against former Colt .45s, but shoot themselves in the foot repeatedly
No one had much hope for success in the just-completed four-game series versus the first-place Houston Astros. The M's had just dropped five straight series with an overall 3-14 record and were looking like the 1962 Mets.
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on June 6, 2019 at 7:39pm | Permalink |
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Astros sweep M's with elite pitching
The Mariners' hot start ran into a cold shower this weekend. The Houston Astros rolled into town and outslugged and outpitched the M's to a three-game sweep and dropped the Mariners' record to 13-5.
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on April 14, 2019 at 6:40pm | Permalink |
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Around the Division
We all know the Mariners have been active over the offseason, generating a dizzying amount of roster turnover. But what have the other clubs in the American League West been up to? What's the competition going to be like this year? Let's take a look.
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on March 4, 2019 at 10:45pm | Permalink |
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