Mariners Daily 3/11
Another day and another come from behind win as the Mariners defeated the Reds 7-6. Seattle trailed 3-0 early in the game before taking the lead 6-3 in the 4th, however Seattle's bullpen couldn't hold down the fort and allowed the Reds to tie things up in the 7th. Fortunately the M's were able to score in the 8th inning and James Pazos pitched a perfect 9th inning to pick up the save. Chase De Jong started the game but didn't turn many heads as he went 3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, he currently had a 5.14 ERA in 2 appearances thus spring which isn't ideal. Andrew Moore followed him and also struggled before Manager Scott Servais made the change to Shae Simmons who allowed a solo homerun in 0.1 innings of work.
Offensively it was a pretty good day for the Mariners who scored 7 runs on 13 hits, were 6-16 RISP and had 6 steals which is awesome to see. Mitch Haniger lead the way going 3-4 with 2 RBI, but many M's including Mike Zunino, Jarrod Dyson, Taylor Motter, Danny Valencia and Shawn O'Malley also did pretty well today. Baserunning is one of the things that GM Jerry Dipoto has talked about improving and today it showed, Dyson has 2 stolen bases, Tyler Smith had 1, Taylor Motter had 1, Shawn O'Malley had 1 and Mitch Haniger had 1 as well.
Defensively the Mariners continued their errors streak with Tyler Smith's fielding error. It isn't uncommon to see errors in Spring Training, especially since a lot of these players are young minor leaguers who are there to improve upon their game but are bound to make mistakes.
Box Score
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs | Hits | Errors | |
Cincinnati | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
Seattle | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
Top Performers
1. | Mitch Haniger | 3-4, 2 RBI, 2B, SB |
2. | Jarrod Dyson | 2-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 2B, 2 SB |
3. | Mike Zunino | 1-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 2B |
4. | Danny Valencia | 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 SO |
5. | Taylor Motter | 1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 SO, SB |
6. | James Pazzos | 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, SV |
7. | Cody Martin | 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, W |
8. | Tyler Smith | 1-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, SB |
9. | Shawn O'Malley | 1-3, 1 R, SB |
10. | Rayder Ascenio | 1-1, 1 RBI |
11. | Joe DeCarlo | 1-1 |
12. | Boog Powell | 0-0, 1 R, 1 BB |
Honorable Mentions
1. | Carlos Ruiz | 1-4, 2 SO |
2. | Ben Gamel | 0-0, 1 BB |
Players who struggled
1. | Chase De Jong | 3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO |
2. | Andrew Moore | 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO |
3. | Shae Simmons | 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, BS |
4. | Leonys Martin | 0-3 |
5. | Kyle Waldrop | 0-1, 1 SO |
World Baseball Classic Updates
Columbia (1-1) defeated Canada (0-2) 4-1 |
Venezuela (1-1) defeated Italy (1-1) 11-10 Final/10 |
Dominican Republic (2-0) rallies to beat the United States (1-1) 7-5 |
Puerto Rico (2-0) defeats Mexico (0-2) 9-4 |
Cuba (0-1) falls to Israel (1-0) 4-1 |
Mariners in the WBC
Tyler O'Neill | Canada | 1-4, 1 SO |
Pat Venditte | Italy | 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO |
Robinson Cano | Dominican Republic | 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SO |
Nelson Cruz | Dominican Republic | 1-3, 1 R, 3 RBI, HR |
Edwin Diaz | Puerto Rico | 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO |
Tomorrow the Mariners will travel to face the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at 1:10 PM PT at Tempe Diablo Stadium. Ariel Miranda will start and he will face off against Jesse Chavez. Tomorrow's game will be available to listen to on 710 ESPN Seattle Radio but will not be broadcasted on TV, however if you have an MLB.com At Bat Premium membership then you can watch the game on the LAA TV broadcast.
Go Mariners!
