M's vs Astros July 15-17

[SeattleCoug]

3 wild pitches in an inning for Paxton. The last one scored a guy from 2nd. Mariners Baseball I guess

 

[SeattleCoug]

Oops forgot to make this a "series thread"

 

[unlvmariners]

3 wild pitches in an inning for Paxton. The last one scored a guy from 2nd. Mariners Baseball I guess

That inning was very "little league"

 

[cezero]

chris taylor trending nationally for a slam, and a single away from the cycle

 

[WizardHawk]

Ugly game for sure. The rest of this month is going to be hard to watch. Should get a little easier with the schedule in aug/sept, but maybe too late by then.

 

[Banned 10x]

way to show up and start the 2nd half

 

[SeattleCoug]

chris taylor trending nationally for a slam, and a single away from the cycle

Perfect

 

[SeattleCoug]

Ugly game for sure. The rest of this month is going to be hard to watch. Should get a little easier with the schedule in aug/sept, but maybe too late by then.

Gonna have to make a decision to sell before it gets easier. Would say you are looking at maybe having to finish the month 8-5 or they should probably sell. Too many teams to chase and I dont see them catching Houston or Texas at this point. Boston and Toronto look good too. Competition for the WC seems better this year then the last couple of years.

 

[wazzu31]

Gonna have to make a decision to sell before it gets easier. Would say you are looking at maybe having to finish the month 8-5 or they should probably sell. Too many teams to chase and I dont see them catching Houston or Texas at this point. Boston and Toronto look good too. Competition for the WC seems better this year then the last couple of years.

To me the problem is the Mariners aren't really in a position to sell. Who are they going to deal that will really net them anything other than more AAAA guys?

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

I went to my first game of the season tonight.... Boy that was exciting...

 

[Msfann]

I went to my first game of the season tonight.... Boy that was exciting...

I think the last time I went to a mariners game and they won was probably in 1986 or so.

 

[JMR]

Don't seem to have an answer for Houston lately. Paxton isn't striking me as the most resilient guy out there either. Still looking forward to being at the game today though.....and if it all falls apart, training camp is only 2 weeks away!

 

[SeattleCoug]

To me the problem is the Mariners aren't really in a position to sell. Who are they going to deal that will really net them anything other than more AAAA guys?

Nothing blue chip unless they wanna go complete tear down and deal Cruz. Still think there are pieces to trade. Guti, Smith, Lind, Lee, Kuma, Iannetta are some ideas. Just tired of sitting on the fence in July which this organization does every year.

 

[SeattleCoug]

Don't seem to have an answer for Houston lately.

8-15 against Texas and Houston. You could argue that's the difference in the standings right now.

 

[JMR]

8-15 against Texas and Houston. You could argue that's the difference in the standings right now.

Yep, and I'm sure quite a few 1 run losses in there. Will be tough to stay in the race if we cannot do better against those teams.

 

[Anointed One]

8-15 against Texas and Houston. You could argue that's the difference in the standings right now.

Sad thing is Texas has been tanking as well and we haven't been able to take advantage of that... Houston seems to be the best in the West.. tough watching them just own us...

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

Well, at least they snuck out a win today .... Hopefully they can win the series... Man our closer needs to look players back better, he handed 3rd base away on that steal and you just have to do a better job keeping runners close... That steal could a been huge, but luckily we survived it...

 

[NWinAZ]

Well, at least they snuck out a win today .... Hopefully they can win the series... Man our closer needs to look players back better, he handed 3rd base away on that steal and you just have to do a better job keeping runners close... That steal could a been huge, but luckily we survived it...

I think you all owe me for today's win. I am no longer NWinAZ. After a 24.5 hour drive, I am now NWinNW. I moved my family back after 8 years to the date in AZ. I wll never make that drive again, but happy to be back home. I might even make the 2 hour drive up to Seattle to catch a game this year...I might.

You are welcome!

 

[Anointed One]

Great to see Iwa pitch another solid game... He's pitched gems in 3 of his last 4 starts surrendering 0, 1 and 2 in those games... He has 4 straight wins in as many starts...

Rangers lost again so we gained a game...

I get nervous when Cishek takes the mound in close games... Hopefully Diaz will continue to amaze ball us and eventually take over the closer role...

 

[SeattleCoug]

I think you all owe me for today's win. I am no longer NWinAZ. After a 24.5 hour drive, I am now NWinNW. I moved my family back after 8 years to the date in AZ. I wll never make that drive again, but happy to be back home. I might even make the 2 hour drive up to Seattle to catch a game this year...I might.

You are welcome!

Sweet. Now we can have some playoff baseball again. Welcome home