SEATTLE – The run of dominance was going to end at some point. One of the Mariners’ starting pitchers was going to wobble or struggle in an outing, because that’s how baseball works.
At one end of the T-Mobile Park visitors' dugout, Jarred Kelenic turned a corner, flashed a jovial smile and exaggerated a playful strut as he walked toward a dozen or so local media types waiting for him at the other end of the bench. "You guys miss me around here?" he asked. Almost three years ago — on May 13, 2021 — Kelenic arrived in the other dugout at T-Mobile Park to play in his ...
SEATTLE – With the Mariners seemingly three outs away from wasting a brilliant starting pitching performance from Bryce Miller and being held scoreless due to another night of swings-and-misses and squandered scoring opportunities, Mitch Garver turned a night of frustration into a walk-off celebration with one swing of the bat.
SEATTLE – At one end of the T-Mobile Park visitors’ dugout, Jarred Kelenic turned a corner, flashed a jovial smile and exaggerated a playful strut as he walked toward a dozen or so local media types waiting for him at the other end of the bench.
SEATTLE – With the bases loaded, no outs, and the heart of the Seattle Mariners’ lineup coming up, Scott Servais had a good feeling in the third inning Sunday afternoon.
SEATTLE – On a night when the Seattle Mariners celebrated the 1990s, George Kirby, who was born in 1998, delivered a brilliant pitching performance, featuring pinpoint command and thread-the-needle accuracy that was reminiscent of the greatest pitcher of that decade.
ARLINGTON, Texas – They weren’t going to be held down for the entire series. The hard contact was going to yield not just hits, but homers. And they were eventually going to score runs. Their lineup features too many proven hitters to be stymied for an entire series.
ARLINGTON, Texas – “Uh, hey, um, so, Julio, you know you can’t take that trident with you into the outfield, right? Just put it down. Yes, it feels like Cal Raleigh has been hogging it lately, but you’ll get to hold it again.”
DENVER — All the frustration from those failed plate appearances with runners on base, resulting in a disappointing loss to start their Sunday, well, the Mariners took it out on what was left of the Rockies pitching staff less than two hours later in the nightcap of the split doubleheader.
From the beginning, nothing about Bryce Miller's newest pitch has been subtle. The Mariners' 25-year-old right-hander has been openly promoting the development of his new split-finger fastball since December, posting slow-motion videos and spin-rate data on his social media account weekly during the final two months of the offseason. Miller did just about everything except buy ...