Another loss on the road, but at least with a nice glimmer hope due to the solid debut by Michael Pineda. The big 22 year old rookie went 6 innings while allowing 5 hits, a walk and striking out 4. He may have even pulled off the win if the offense had showed up, but at the very least, Pineda showed up as advertised.
The offense attempted to stage a comeback in the 7th, but came up a run short. The Mariner's left 10 on base and only managed one extra base hit. Pretty pathetic.
The biggest thing I see from these losses is that we need Gutierrez back! Langerhans and Saunders have hit a collective 3-19 (.157) and it seems that center field has become the favorite power alley of all our opponents. Last season, Gutierrez was on fire in April and we could really use him over the replacements.
Oh well, tomorrow its stopgap time with Felix getting his second start of the season and hopefully, turning this road trip from a losing one to one where we break even!
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