Series Thread: Mariners vs White Sox

[Anointed One]

Well, that run was fun while it lasted... Bull pen stinks again while losing 3 straight...

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

Slip sliding a way .... Mariners are on thin ice right now.. It better turn around REALLY quick ... Bullpen is blowing it right now though...

 

[WizardHawk]

They had a hell of an uphill climb as it was in a crowded field for that last WC spot. This sure hasn't helped them any.

My God, can Cishek get any worse?

 

[Destroydacre]

I don't know what it is, but the Mariners just suck in Comiskey (or whatever they're calling it now). It's gotta be going on 10 years now since the Mariners won a series there. Given that they'll have to take all 3 left to win the series and they still have to face Sale and Quintana, I'm not holding my breath. Looks like a split is probably the best outcome here after blowing it tonight.

 

[unlvmariners]

Can't keep giving them away. Blowing leads is a trait of a poor team. If this team has a prayer of getting into a WC spot then blowing leads especially big ones cannot happen.

 

[SeattleCoug]

They had a hell of an uphill climb as it was in a crowded field for that last WC spot. This sure hasn't helped them any.

My God, can Cishek get any worse?

Speaking of uphill climbs they get to face Sale, Quintana, Darvish and Hamels in the next 5 days. Since things look bleak now, they will probably over or on life support after this road trip.

 

[SeattleCoug]

Can't keep giving them away. Blowing leads is a trait of a poor team. If this team has a prayer of getting into a WC spot then blowing leads especially big ones cannot happen.

I want to say that's the 4th 3+ run lead blown in the last month by the bullpen

 

[JMR]

I am not sure who is more afraid of the ball -- Aoki or Paxton.

 

[WizardHawk]

Speaking of uphill climbs they get to face Sale, Quintana, Darvish and Hamels in the next 5 days. Since things look bleak now, they will probably over or on life support after this road trip.

At least this year they had a pulse up to the actual start of football season. Most years they are 6 feet under by the all-star break. So there's that.

 

[Mariners_44]

Speaking of uphill climbs they get to face Sale, Quintana, Darvish and Hamels in the next 5 days. Since things look bleak now, they will probably over or on life support after this road trip.

The silver lining is that in that stretch we will either win and get back in the thick of things or more possibly lose all four and put the final stake in this coffin of a season. Either way, two weeks till football.

 

[unlvmariners]

I want to say that's the 4th 3+ run lead blown in the last month by the bullpen

I believe you are correct. Not fun to blow leads.

 

[cezero]

I'm looking forward to football season starting, too. It's a little selfish, but I really hate listening to Brock/Salk talking about baseball on my commute every day. They're so lost.

 

[Destroydacre]

Didn't have a chance to watch any of this one until now, but I see the M's have the dreaded 3 run lead. Wonder if they'll hold it this time.

 

[Destroydacre]

M's get the win, Diaz with a clutch 5 out save. Felix pitched well. If the Mariners had just managed to hold on to those 3 run leads they blew against Chicago and Milwaukee, they'd be tied with Baltimore for that last WC spot.

 

[uwdawgfan]

Sigh....if only!

 

[dude82]

I really hope that O'Malley is our super-utility guy next year. Between his clutch hitting and clutch defensive plays, he's earned the opportunity I think.

 

[SeattleCoug]

Figures they beat Chris Sale. What a weird team

 

[PolarVortex]

I really hope that O'Malley is our super-utility guy next year. Between his clutch hitting and clutch defensive plays, he's earned the opportunity I think.

He isn't even arbitration eligible until 2019. He makes the MLB minimum. It would be inexcusable to let him go. Maybe he is a side piece in a larger trade, but that is the only way I see him leaving the Mariners organization. I doubt if he gets released unless his productivity really nosedives.

 

[PolarVortex]

I'm looking forward to football season starting, too. It's a little selfish, but I really hate listening to Brock/Salk talking about baseball on my commute every day. They're so lost.

I won't listen to Brock. I always turn him off. He is irritating.

 

[dude82]

Last night's game is a perfect example of why people say that you have to get to the great ones early if you're gonna get to them. The M's got to him early for a few runs in the first four innings, but after that he was untouchable. You have to take advantage of the opportunities you get against guys like that, because you're not likely to get many, and the M's did that.