Today, the Mariners will attempt to avoid a sweep in this year’s first iteration of breakfast baseball. Yes, anything in the morning is considered “breakfast baseball”. No, I will not comment on whether I am actually eating breakfast at 11:35 in the morning.
Coming off of four straight one-run losses, they’ll ask Bryan Woo to play the role of stopper. Woo, who last year was Seattle’s best starter, has again looked brilliant this year. Were it not for his seven scoreless innings last Friday against
Anaheim, the Mariners would likely be looking at 3-9, which for some reason feels much worse than 4-8.
Unfortunately, the Mariners woke up to some early bad news: Victor Robles has been placed on the 10-day IL, retroactive to yesterday, with a right pectoral strain. Per Ryan Divish, Robles suffered the injury during pre-game warmups yesterday. In a corresponding move, the Mariners called up veteran utility man Connor Joe from Tacoma. Joe has bounced around for years, endearing himself to various fan bases with a hot streak here and there. We’ll see if he can sustain a red-hot Spring Training in which he hit .362.
This will also be the Mariners’ last game in the state of Texas for over a month, so be sure to savor Jay Buhner while you can.
Lineups
Joe immediately gets the call at first base with the Mariners facing off against southpaw Mackenzie Gore. The matinee fortuitously aligns with a matchup against the aforementioned lefty, allowing Cal to get a pseudo-day-off with Garver slotting in at catcher. In other news, the Rob Refsnyder Leadoff Experiment continues. The Mariners had better hope their platoon advantages carry them early in this one.
Not much to say here. This is one of those lineups that doesn’t feel like it should be good, but keeps scoring just enough runs, so who am I to say?
Game Info
Game time: 11:35 AM PT
TV: Mariners TV
Radio: 710 AM Seattle Sports
