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DD Martin · 08-02-2021, 10:26 PM

Week of August 9th-15th Part 2
Record Since Trade Deadline 5-5 (1 1/2 games behind Oakland in Wild Card Race)

Monday - Off Day

Pitching Matchups for Texas Series
Texas Rangers 41-71 vs Seattle Mariners 60-52
Anibal Sanchez (Season Debut) vs Logan Gilbert (6-2 3.67)
Jeff Samardzija (Rangers Debut) vs Tyler Anderson (5-9 4.59)
Dane Dunning (4-8 4.22) vs Eric Swanson (0-0 1.69)

Tuesday August 10th
Texas Rangers 5 vs Seattle Mariners 10
The Mariners fell behind early 5-2 after 2 innings and things didn't look so good. But they team tied the game at 5 in the bottom of the 5th on a 3-run homerun by Mitch Haniger (28th) and then took the lead for good on CF Jake Fraley's 8th inning 3-run homer (9th) to win the game. RF Jared Kelenic hit his 5th home run of the season as well. RP Paul Sewald picked up his 7th win of the season (7-2 2.02 ERA).

Wednesday August 11th
Texas Rangers 5 vs Seattle Mariners 12
Again the home team fell behind early trailing 5-0 after 4 innings as Texas SP Jeff Sarmardzija was sailing along with a 5-hitter. Over the 5th-7th innings the M's managed to tie the game at 5 heading into the 8th.

In the 8th the M's pounced on Texas RP's Wes Benjamin (0-4),Matt Bush and Brett Martin for 7 runs and 2B Dylan Moore who went 3-4 with a home run and a double was voted the Star of the Game. RP Drew Steckenrider pitched an inning and 2/3's to pick up the win (4-2).

Thursday August 12th
Texas Rangers 1 vs Seattle Mariners 4

The Mariner's and SP Eric Swanson took care of business in this afternoon tilt at T-Mobile Park as the M's swept the Rangers in the 3-game series. Swanson pitched 5.1 innings but didn't get credit for the win. He gave up just 4 hits and 1 run, but the M's didn't push across the winning run until the bottom of the 6th. That made a winner out of RP Casey Stadler who picked up his first win of the season.

After the game....The M's didn't make any significant moves during the 3 games against Texas and didn't suffer any injuries. The only moves were the continued shuttle back and forth of players RP Daniel Zamora, 3B Abraham Toro, RP David Huff and RP Ryan Weber. We found out the 4 are actually staying with the team in a hotel and have a huge card game going on, looks like Rummy.

The good news for the Mariners is they took care of a team they should in winning all 3 against Texas to run their record to 11-5 vs the Rangers. They will met one last time down in Arlington next week.

Now the Toronto Blue Jays are coming to town and without a horde of Canadian fans with them as usual. They come to town after having split a 4-game series with the Angels in Anaheim and are now trailing the A's in the Wildcard by 5 games. The Mariners have crept to within 1/2 game of the A's for that all-important #2 wildcard spot in the AL.

August 13th through 15th
Toronto Blue Jays 58-56 vs Seattle Mariners 63-52
At T-Mobile Stadium, Seattle WA

Pitching Matchups
Toronto Blue Jays vs Seattle Mariners
Hyun-Jin Ruy (10-6 3.40) vs Chris Flexen (10-5 3.62)
Tyler Chatwood (1-3 6.10) vs Yusei Kikuchi (6-7 4.59)
Jose Berrios (9-5 3.27) vs Logan Gilbert (6-2 4.11)

Friday August 13th
Toronto Blue Jays 0 vs Seattle Mariners 1

What a pitching gem turned in on this night by Seattle SP Chris Flexen. Flexen went 8 IP and gave up just 3 hits to the Blue Jays as the Mariners managed to make Ty France's 2nd inning home run (12th) hold up. Diego Castillo came in and threw 13 pitches in a 1-2-3 9th for his 4th save since being acquired. Toronto SP Hyun-jin Ryu was the tough luck losing pitcher giving up just 4 hits in his 5 innings of work.

After the game... the Mariner's promoted veteran players Alex Guerrero and Juan Carlos Perez to AAA Tacoma and veteran Joey Rickard to AA Arkansas as the moves to sign those veterans was obviously done to boost the Rainiers and Travelers chances at the minor league playoffs.

Saturday August 14th
Toronto Blue Jays 5 vs Seattle Mariners 7

The Mariner's interrupted the long running card game by actually activating and playing Abraham Toro as the DH on Saturday. Toro showed no ill effects from card shuffling for over a week as he went 2-3 with 2 home runs on the day and in the 7th inning against RP Brad Hand he hit a 3-run homer to break a 4-4 tie and send the crowd home happy. Toro's home run made a winner out of RP Anthony Misiewicz (5-3) and RP Paul Sewald picked up his 5th save on just 6 pitches in the 9th to record 3 outs.

After the game....Toro was celebrated and even Jerry DiPoto came up and congratulated him. Of course when all the fanfare was over, Jerry let him know his seat at the card table was back and that he was being optioned to Tacoma. The guy has hit 4 home runs and driven in 10 RBI's in 22 at-bats but the genius of Jerry sends him down again. Even Scott Servais was kind of shocked at this...again.

The team had a 6 game winning streak heading into the series and home stand finale against the Blue Jays who are quickly playing themselves out of the wildcard race.

Sunday August 15th
Toronto Blue Jays 3 vs Seattle Mariners 4 (12)
Mariners Walk It Off in 12th for 66th Win of the Season

It took almost 4 hours (3:59) and 12 innings, but the Mariners managed to sweep the home stand as Kyle Seager game winning single in the 12th. Seager who had a pretty forgettable day prior to the game winning heroics went 1-5 with a walk and the winning RBI. SP Logan Gilbert continues to pitch well and notched another quality start going 7.1 IP giving up 3 runs. RP Drew Steckenrider was again the right man on the mound at the right time to pick up his 5th win (5-2 1.93) of the season.

With the win the Mariner's moved into the #2 wildcard spot by 1/2 game over the Oakland A's as the hometown 9 won its 7th straight game.

After the game....The Mariners DFA RP Yohan Ramirez and in his place purchased the contract of LF Alex Guerrero? Apparently Guerrero had shown somebody enough in his 3 games at rookie level ball (hit 500 with a double and RBI) and his 1 game in Tacoma (0-3 with a walk) that the M's felt he would be immensely helpful. So now instead of just the $60,000 signing bonus he has a MLB contract now. Anyway this probably means that Abraham Toro will not be back until September so maybe he will actually get a few at-bats in Tacoma instead of the seat at the card table.

Despite the interesting moves, the Mariners have won 7 in a row and have an after trade deadline record of 11-5

Next Week - The team goes on the road for a Texas 2-step with 3 against the Rangers and 3 against the first place Houston Astros. It will be an important week of road games as the following Monday they will be in Oakland for the first 2 of 10 games down the stretch against the A's.

08-02-2021, 10:26 PM	#13
DD Martin All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Seattle area Posts: 1,021	Week of August 9th-15th Part 2 Record Since Trade Deadline 5-5 (1 1/2 games behind Oakland in Wild Card Race) Monday - Off Day Pitching Matchups for Texas Series Texas Rangers 41-71 vs Seattle Mariners 60-52 Anibal Sanchez (Season Debut) vs Logan Gilbert (6-2 3.67) Jeff Samardzija (Rangers Debut) vs Tyler Anderson (5-9 4.59) Dane Dunning (4-8 4.22) vs Eric Swanson (0-0 1.69) Tuesday August 10th Texas Rangers 5 vs Seattle Mariners 10 The Mariners fell behind early 5-2 after 2 innings and things didn't look so good. But they team tied the game at 5 in the bottom of the 5th on a 3-run homerun by Mitch Haniger (28th) and then took the lead for good on CF Jake Fraley's 8th inning 3-run homer (9th) to win the game. RF Jared Kelenic hit his 5th home run of the season as well. RP Paul Sewald picked up his 7th win of the season (7-2 2.02 ERA). Wednesday August 11th Texas Rangers 5 vs Seattle Mariners 12 Again the home team fell behind early trailing 5-0 after 4 innings as Texas SP Jeff Sarmardzija was sailing along with a 5-hitter. Over the 5th-7th innings the M's managed to tie the game at 5 heading into the 8th. In the 8th the M's pounced on Texas RP's Wes Benjamin (0-4),Matt Bush and Brett Martin for 7 runs and 2B Dylan Moore who went 3-4 with a home run and a double was voted the Star of the Game. RP Drew Steckenrider pitched an inning and 2/3's to pick up the win (4-2). Thursday August 12th Texas Rangers 1 vs Seattle Mariners 4 The Mariner's and SP Eric Swanson took care of business in this afternoon tilt at T-Mobile Park as the M's swept the Rangers in the 3-game series. Swanson pitched 5.1 innings but didn't get credit for the win. He gave up just 4 hits and 1 run, but the M's didn't push across the winning run until the bottom of the 6th. That made a winner out of RP Casey Stadler who picked up his first win of the season. After the game....The M's didn't make any significant moves during the 3 games against Texas and didn't suffer any injuries. The only moves were the continued shuttle back and forth of players RP Daniel Zamora, 3B Abraham Toro, RP David Huff and RP Ryan Weber. We found out the 4 are actually staying with the team in a hotel and have a huge card game going on, looks like Rummy. The good news for the Mariners is they took care of a team they should in winning all 3 against Texas to run their record to 11-5 vs the Rangers. They will met one last time down in Arlington next week. Now the Toronto Blue Jays are coming to town and without a horde of Canadian fans with them as usual. They come to town after having split a 4-game series with the Angels in Anaheim and are now trailing the A's in the Wildcard by 5 games. The Mariners have crept to within 1/2 game of the A's for that all-important #2 wildcard spot in the AL. August 13th through 15th Toronto Blue Jays 58-56 vs Seattle Mariners 63-52 At T-Mobile Stadium, Seattle WA Pitching Matchups Toronto Blue Jays vs Seattle Mariners Hyun-Jin Ruy (10-6 3.40) vs Chris Flexen (10-5 3.62) Tyler Chatwood (1-3 6.10) vs Yusei Kikuchi (6-7 4.59) Jose Berrios (9-5 3.27) vs Logan Gilbert (6-2 4.11) Friday August 13th Toronto Blue Jays 0 vs Seattle Mariners 1 What a pitching gem turned in on this night by Seattle SP Chris Flexen. Flexen went 8 IP and gave up just 3 hits to the Blue Jays as the Mariners managed to make Ty France's 2nd inning home run (12th) hold up. Diego Castillo came in and threw 13 pitches in a 1-2-3 9th for his 4th save since being acquired. Toronto SP Hyun-jin Ryu was the tough luck losing pitcher giving up just 4 hits in his 5 innings of work. After the game... the Mariner's promoted veteran players Alex Guerrero and Juan Carlos Perez to AAA Tacoma and veteran Joey Rickard to AA Arkansas as the moves to sign those veterans was obviously done to boost the Rainiers and Travelers chances at the minor league playoffs. Saturday August 14th Toronto Blue Jays 5 vs Seattle Mariners 7 The Mariner's interrupted the long running card game by actually activating and playing Abraham Toro as the DH on Saturday. Toro showed no ill effects from card shuffling for over a week as he went 2-3 with 2 home runs on the day and in the 7th inning against RP Brad Hand he hit a 3-run homer to break a 4-4 tie and send the crowd home happy. Toro's home run made a winner out of RP Anthony Misiewicz (5-3) and RP Paul Sewald picked up his 5th save on just 6 pitches in the 9th to record 3 outs. After the game....Toro was celebrated and even Jerry DiPoto came up and congratulated him. Of course when all the fanfare was over, Jerry let him know his seat at the card table was back and that he was being optioned to Tacoma. The guy has hit 4 home runs and driven in 10 RBI's in 22 at-bats but the genius of Jerry sends him down again. Even Scott Servais was kind of shocked at this...again. The team had a 6 game winning streak heading into the series and home stand finale against the Blue Jays who are quickly playing themselves out of the wildcard race. Sunday August 15th Toronto Blue Jays 3 vs Seattle Mariners 4 (12) Mariners Walk It Off in 12th for 66th Win of the Season It took almost 4 hours (3:59) and 12 innings, but the Mariners managed to sweep the home stand as Kyle Seager game winning single in the 12th. Seager who had a pretty forgettable day prior to the game winning heroics went 1-5 with a walk and the winning RBI. SP Logan Gilbert continues to pitch well and notched another quality start going 7.1 IP giving up 3 runs. RP Drew Steckenrider was again the right man on the mound at the right time to pick up his 5th win (5-2 1.93) of the season. With the win the Mariner's moved into the #2 wildcard spot by 1/2 game over the Oakland A's as the hometown 9 won its 7th straight game. After the game....The Mariners DFA RP Yohan Ramirez and in his place purchased the contract of LF Alex Guerrero? Apparently Guerrero had shown somebody enough in his 3 games at rookie level ball (hit 500 with a double and RBI) and his 1 game in Tacoma (0-3 with a walk) that the M's felt he would be immensely helpful. So now instead of just the $60,000 signing bonus he has a MLB contract now. Anyway this probably means that Abraham Toro will not be back until September so maybe he will actually get a few at-bats in Tacoma instead of the seat at the card table. Despite the interesting moves, the Mariners have won 7 in a row and have an after trade deadline record of 11-5 Next Week - The team goes on the road for a Texas 2-step with 3 against the Rangers and 3 against the first place Houston Astros. It will be an important week of road games as the following Monday they will be in Oakland for the first 2 of 10 games down the stretch against the A's.