The Mariners get back to it.
After Sunday afternoon’s crushing loss in Cleveland, the Mariners return home for a three-game, four-day set against the Angels. George Kirby takes the ball for the Mariners, and Ryan Johnson goes for Anaheim. The Mariners have fallen to a game under .500 and a half-game back of the Rangers in the West.
My read on the mood of the fanbase: tense. The Mariners have largely toed the line with .500, after playing cold then hot to begin the year. They’ll need at least a couple
more good stretches of banked wins, and they’ll hope to start one here with four series remaining before the All- Star Break.
Lineups:
News
- Rob Refsnyder was placed on the injured list with knee issues. Newly acquired corner-player Buddy Kennedy takes his place on the active roster. John Trupin has the injury update for the site.
Remember This Date…
2025: Mitch Garver hits a 437-foot, two-run homer in the 12th inning to ice a 6-4 win over the Rangers.
2019: Tim Beckham, Domingo Santana, and Daniel Vogelbach each homer as the Mariners storm back from a 5-2 deficit late against the Astros. Butt is not enough, as Yuli Gurriel walks off Roenis Elias with a double in the 10th, just out of the reach of a flailing Mallex Smith. Maybe not a fun one, but remember those guys?
2018: Marco Gonzlaes pitches his first career complete game, striking out seven in a 4-1 win over the Royals.
2014: Félix Hernández turns in his start of the year with a Game Score of 86, going shutout innings with nine strikeouts and one hit. It was his ninth of 16 consecutive ultra-quality starts for Félix that year.
2012: Aaron Cook throws an 81-pitch Maddux in a 5-0 Red Sox win against the Mariners, with singles from Ichiro and John Jaso the only thing standing between perfection. Cook got 39 swings and didn’t record a single whiff, as Jeff Sullivan pointed out at the time.
2004: Randy Johnson records his 4,000th career strikeout, with the victim also being a former Mariner, Jeff Cirillo
1998: The Mariners have an off day, which is notable because so does every other team in MLB, the first time in 25 years that no game was played on a day that fell during the regular season and was not part of the All-Star break
1995: With the Mariners down 2-1 in the eighth, Doug Strange gets a pinch-hit RBI single and then Mike Blowers hits a three-run homer to beat Oakland 5-2
Game Info:
First Pitch: 6:40 p.m.
TV: Mariners.TV
Radio: Ol’ Reliable
