Mariners Can’t Find Answer To Phil Hughes, Twins Blank M’s
By Dan Hughes
A night after Hisashi Iwakuma made the Minnesota Twins look like the Bad News Bears, Phil Hughes ducked and dodged his way around eight hits and shut out the Seattle Mariners 2-0 Tuesday night at Safeco Field.
Hughes pitched 7.1 innings scattering the eight hits while walking none and striking out eight, including Mike Zunino three times.
Whereas the bottom of the Mariners order became somewhat of a black hole (0-for-9, 4 K), the bottom three for the Twins (4-for-9, 2 R, 2 BB, HR) were able to get to Seattle starter Chris Young as he was handed his 5th loss on the season – his first at Safeco Field.
The Mariners managed eight hits in the game, but most of them came with two outs in an inning. When the Mariners finally got a leadoff single in the bottom of the 7th, Dustin Ackley grounded into a double play to end that.
Since throwing 28 runs on the board in a three-game sweep in Houston last week, the Mariners have managed just six runs in their last five games and they’re 2-for-36 with runners in scoring position during that stretch, including an 0-for-4 showing on Tuesday.
Game three of the four-game series is tonight at 7:10 PM. Kyle Gibson takes the mound for the Twins against Roenis Elias.
BOX SCORE
Batting
Minnesota
AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | SB | LOB | AVG | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Dozier2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .232 |
Eduardo Núñez3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .308 |
Kurt SuzukiC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .300 |
Kendrys MoralesDH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .229 |
Eric FryerPR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 |
Josh WillinghamLF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .218 |
Oswaldo ArciaRF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .219 |
Chris Colabello1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
Eduardo EscobarSS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .261 |
Sam FuldCF | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .253 |
Totals | 32 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
Batting
2B – K Morales (6, C Young)
HR – S Fuld (2, 5th inning off C Young 0 on, 2 Out)
SF – B Dozier
RBI – B Dozier (40), S Fuld (14)
2-out RBI – S Fuld
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – E Nunez 1, K Suzuki 1, K Morales 1, O Arcia 1, E Escobar 1
GIDP – O Arcia, E Escobar
Team LOB – 6
Running
SB – E Nunez (3, 2nd base off C Young/M Zunino), S Fuld 2 (10, 2nd base off C Young/M Zunino, 2nd base off Y Medina/M Zunino)
Fielding
DP – 2 (B Dozier-E Escobar-C Colabello, B Dozier-C Colabello)
Seattle
AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | SB | LOB | AVG | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael SaundersRF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
James JonesCF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
Robinson Canó2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .319 |
Kyle Seager3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .271 |
Logan Morrison1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .243 |
Corey HartDH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .205 |
Endy ChávezPR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 |
Willie BloomquistPH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
Dustin AckleyLF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .229 |
Mike ZuninoC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .215 |
Brad MillerSS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .205 |
Totals | 33 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
Batting
2B – L Morrison (5, P Hughes)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – R Cano 1, D Ackley 1
GIDP – R Cano, D Ackley
Team LOB – 6
Fielding
DP – 2 (R Cano-B Miller-L Morrison, R Cano-B Miller-L Morrison)
Pitching
Minnesota
IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | WHIP | ERA | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phil Hughes(W, 9-5) | 7.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1.17 | 3.70 |
Casey Fien(HLD, 15) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.91 | 2.41 |
Glen Perkins(SV, 21) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.07 | 3.13 |
Seattle
IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | WHIP | ERA | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Young(L, 8-5) | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1.10 | 3.08 |
Yoervis Medina | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.06 | 2.25 |
Joe Beimel | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.23 | 1.30 |
IBB – C Colabello (by J Beimel)
Pitches-strikes – P Hughes 94-71; C Fien 2-2; G Perkins 7-6; C Young 102-70; Y Medina 14-9; J Beimel 16-9
Ground balls-fly balls – P Hughes 6-7; C Fien 1-0; G Perkins 1-2; C Young 3-14; Y Medina 2-0; J Beimel 1-0
Batters faced – P Hughes 29; C Fien 1; G Perkins 3; C Young 27; Y Medina 3; J Beimel 5
Game Details
Game Time: 2:34.
Umpires: HP–Kerwin Danley. 1B–Gabe Morales. 2B–Dale Scott. 3B–Lance Barksdale.
Weather: 83 degrees, Clear.
Wind: 1 mph, In From Center.
Attendance: 15,553.