Seattle Mariners @ Kansas City Royals Aug 14-17

[Hawk-Lock]

M's look like they are just going through the motions. Probably hard to "get up" for games like this in front of a nearly empty stadium.

 

[sutz]

Give the ump an RBI on that one. Perez should have been out on strike 3, called a ball and the rest follows.

 

[Chapow]

Sure would've been nice to pick up one or two of those 7 runners left on base over the past 3 innings.

 

[stack55]

Watch strikes, swing at balls.

 

[Hawk-Lock]

We’ve left a lot of guys on base but there is no reason for the pitching and fielding to be this bad.

Blue Jays about to lose, we can pick up a game with a win.

 

[Chapow]

We can still win it, but damn, so many squandered opportunities from the offense in this one.

The last thing our bullpen needs right now is another very close one late in the game.

 

[cymatica]

3rd base coach drinking on the job?

 

[Hawk-Lock]

3rd base coach drinking on the job?

I think it was a good hold. He probably would have been thrown out at home.

 

[Chapow]

Oof, Cabby. Gets picked off at 1st earlier, and gets thrown out trying to get to 3rd on a base hit in the 9th. Both times the M's had multiple base runners, and Cabby's outs ended the inning.

 

[raisethe3]

Damn, its 6-5 now.

Edit: Whew, that was close.

 

[NoGain]

Just a win. Not pretty, but a win. One game behind the Jays now.

 

[Chapow]

Thank God for that run in the top of the ninth.

Got the win. Obviously that's the most important thing.

I don't wanna play the Royals anymore. Not sure how much more of this I can take. Haha.

 

[sutz]

Damn, not good for my blood pressure.

Good on Brash for shaking off that homer and closing it out.

Shot at winning the series tomorrow, day game. With a rookie catcher.

 

[NoGain]

At the moment, it's all about the Jays for me. We've got to get ahead of them. That's the goal. Playoffs. Anything else would be gravy at this point.

 

[stack55]

Nailbiter, but good win. What a battle!

 

[sutz]

Seattle Mariners at Kansas City Royals Preview - 08/17/2023

www.mlb.com

Probables: George Kirby (10-8, 3.11 ERA) vs Angel Zerpa (1-1, 7.71 ERA)

First pitch: 11:10 am PDT

ROOT TV KIRO 710AM radio

Chance to win the series. With a rookie catcher behind the dish.

 

[NoGain]

Love me some Kirby.

 

[Crizilla]

Let's ride Kirby to get out of KC with a series win to get momentum for the absolute huge series against HOU.

 

[Hawk-Lock]

Let's ride Kirby to get out of KC with a series win to get momentum for the absolute huge series against HOU.

Unfortunately we are not set up well for the Houston series. We will start Miller, Gilbert and Hancock. I believe JP is eligible to return tomorrow, doubt he will. Hopefully he plays against Houston.

 

[Shanegotyou11]

Sewald has a high ERA in AZ because he had 1 bad outing in an extremely small sample size. 5 total appearances, 4 total innings pitched.

In his 2nd appearance he gave up 3 runs without recording an out. That's obviously going to result in a very ugly looking ERA with such a tiny amount of innings pitched for AZ.

In his 3 appearances with AZ since that 1 bad outing, he has given up 0 runs and has recorded 3 saves.

On the season, he has a 3.26 ERA and has 24 saves in 28 save opportunities.

AZ isn't going to DFA him because he had 1 bad outing.

No crap. I was more joking.