Mariners Daily 3/5
Today the Mariners had split squad action and unfortunately they lost both games. To begin the day the Mariners lost to the Dodgers 7-3 in a pretty sloppy defensive game. Later the M's finished up the day with a loss to the Athletics 4-3 with Felix Hernandez making his last start before the WBC.
Andrew Moore started the game against the Dodgers and pitched very well, going 2 innings allowing just 1 hit and striking out 1. Edwin Diaz followed Moore and also pitched well, going 1 inning allowing no hits and striking out 1. The rest of the Mariners pitchers after Diaz pitched pretty well but were plagued by defensive errors and out of the 7 runs the Dodgers scored only 2 were earned runs.
Offensively the M's struggled to get much going against the Dodger's pitching. All 3 of the Mariners runs came on Kyle Waldrop's 3-run homerun and the rest of the Mariners lineup could only muster up a total of 5 hits. One of the guys who were able to get a hit was Danny Valencia, which is good to see because he will be platooning with Vogelbach at first and hasn't shown much offensively so far this spring.
Defensively it was a very ugly game. 3 different Mariners committed errors that cost the Mariners 5 runs. There were also multiple wild pitches/passed balls that cost the M's and some poor decisions that impacted the game. I was watching the game and some of these errors were routine plays and if they did not have happened the M's most likely would have won this game 3-2.
Box Score
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs | Hits | Errors | |
Seattle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
LA Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | X | 7 | 9 | 0 |
Top Performers
1. | Dylan Unsworth | 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO |
2. | Edwin Diaz | 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO |
3. | Andrew Moore | 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO |
4. | Kyle Waldrop | 1-2, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 SO |
5. | Tyler Smith | 1-3, 1 SO, 3B |
6. | Taylor Motter | 1-3, 1 R, 1 SO, 2B |
7. | Danny Valencia | 1-3, 1 SO |
8. | Dean Kiekhefer | 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO |
Honorable Mentions
1. | Pat Venditte | 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO |
2. | Micah Owings | 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, BS, L |
3. | Jonathan Aro | 1.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO |
4. | Mike Zunino | 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 SO |
Players who struggled
1. | Chris Torres | 0-1, E |
2. | Jay Baum | 0-0, E |
3. | Steve Baron | 0-3, 1 SO |
4. | Jarrod Dyson | 0-3, 1 SO |
I didn't list Zach Shank because he was 1-2 but also had a costly error.
In the second game of the day Felix Hernandez started and struggled in the 1st inning, allowing 2 runs, but bounced back and finished with 5 strike outs. Felix had more velocity on his fastball compared to last year and had the curveball and change-up working. Hopefully Felix has a bounce back season this year and even though he gave up 2 runs today the 5 strike outs are a very big step in the right direction. Chase De Jong made his Mariners debut in today's game, pitching 2.0 innings allowing 3 hits, 2 runs, only 1 was earned, 1 walk and struck out 1.
Offensively the M's had some pretty good contribution from some key players. Heredia, Seager, Vogelbach, Peterson, Ruiz and Powell all did very well today. However the problem offensively was hitting with RISP, The M's were only 2-12 in today's game and had 10 LOB.
Defensively it wasn't the greatest game either, however it wasn't as sloppy or costly as the on against the Dodgers. Hernandez and Freeman both had errors today, but only Freeman's resulted in a run being allowed to score.
Box Score
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs | Hits | Errors | |
Oakland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
Seattle | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
Top Performers
1. | Boog Powell | 2-3, 1 R, 3B |
2. | Dan Vogelbach | 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SO, 2B |
3. | D.J. Peterson | 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SO, HR |
4. | Guillermo Heredia | 1-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 2B, SB |
5. | Carlos Ruiz | 1-3, 1 RBI |
6. | Evan Scribner | 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, H |
7. | Casey Fien | 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO |
8. | James Pazos | 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO |
9. | Kyle Seager | 1-3 |
Honorable Mentions
1. | Felix Hernandez | 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 SO |
2. | Chase De Jong | 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, BS, L |
3. | Rayder Ascenio | 0-0, 1 BB |
Players who struggled
1. | Thyago Vieria | 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO |
2. | Donnie Walton | 0-1, 1 SO |
3. | Dimas Ojeda | 0-1, 1 SO |
Tomorrow the Mariners face off against the Texas Rangers at 12:10 PM PT at Peoria Stadium. Drew Smyly gets the start for the M's who pitched great in his first start of spring, and he will be opposed by the Ranger's A.J. Griffin. Tomorrow's game will be available to watch on TV on ROOT Sports NW, and will be available to listen to on 710 ESPN Seattle Radio, however the radio's broadcast of the game will be delayed.
The WBC starts tonight and if you have MLB Network or a subscription to the MLB.com At Bat then you will be able to chear on the Mariners as they play for their respected National teams. The first games start tomorrow with Israel taking on Korea at 1:30 AM PT. Former Mariner Dae Ho Lee wiill be playing for Korea. Later at 7:00 PM PT Israel will face off against Chinese Taipei.
Go Mariners!
