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 ...
