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Seattle Mariners Drop Last Game Before All-Star Break

By Dan Hughes

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It may have been a loss, but for the Seattle Mariners and their fans, it still felt like a win.

The Mariners lost to the Oakland Athletics 4-1 on Sunday, the last game before the All-Star break. But for Seattle, sitting at 51-44, just seven games back of the A’s and having won the three-game series, their heads are held high.

That’s because not many people outside of the Pacific Northwest – and many in it – expected Seattle to be where they are at this point of the season.

Seven games back of 1st, seven games over .500 and with a 2.5 game lead over Kansas City and Toronto for the second American League wild-card spot.

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As for the game itself, the Mariners offense struggled to push runs across the plate one again. The Mariners were 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position.

The Mariners actually have one of the lowest totals of runners left on base per game. But with a team batting average of .245, that means not a lot of runners are on base to begin with, they have to knock them in.

Seattle enters the All-Star break sending four representatives to Minnesota and hopefully sending GM Jack Zduriencik to Philadelphia or Chicago or Tampa to get a deal done to improve this team.

BOX SCORE

Batting

Oakland

 
ABRHRBIHRBBKSBLOBAVG
John JasoC301100001.274
Stephen Vogt1B400000004.358
Yoenis CéspedesDH400000000.246
Brandon MossRF411110200.268
Josh Donaldson3B400000000.238
Jed LowrieSS411000000.239
Nick Punto2B411110101.213
Andy ParrinoLF312001000.333
Craig GentryCF401100101.271
Totals3447421407

Batting

2B – J Lowrie (24, C Young); A Parrino (2, C Young)

HR – B Moss (21, 6th inning off C Young 0 on, 1 Out), N Punto (2, 9th inning off J Beimel 0 on, 1 Out)

RBI – J Jaso (28), B Moss (66), N Punto (12), C Gentry (7)

2-out RBI – J Jaso, C Gentry

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – J Jaso 1, S Vogt 2

Team LOB – 5

Fielding

E – S Gray (2, throw)

Seattle

 
ABRHRBIHRBBKSBLOBAVG
Endy ChávezRF401000000.260
James JonesCF411000100.287
Robinson Canó2B301101000.334
Kyle Seager3B402000102.279
Logan MorrisonDH401000212.230
Justin Smoak1B400000002.202
Dustin AckleyLF200001102.225
Willie BloomquistPH100000100.269
Brad MillerSS300000001.204
Mike ZuninoC300000100.206
Totals3216102719

Batting

RBI – R Cano (57)

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – K Seager 1, D Ackley 2

Team LOB – 6

Running

SB – L Morrison (3, 2nd base off S Gray/J Jaso)

Pitching

Oakland

 
IPHRERBBKHRWHIPERA
Sonny Gray(W, 10-3)7.26102501.192.79
Sean Doolittle(SV, 14)1.10000200.662.89

Seattle

 
IPHRERBBKHRWHIPERA
Chris Young(L, 8-6)6.05331211.103.15
Danny Farquhar0.21000101.232.88
Charlie Furbush0.10000001.224.00
Brandon Maurer1.00000101.475.65
Joe Beimel1.01110011.231.50

IBB – R Cano (by S Gray)

HBP – J Jaso (by D Farquhar)

Pitches-strikes – S Gray 108-70; S Doolittle 17-11; C Young 90-56; D Farquhar 14-8; C Furbush 3-2; B Maurer 16-11; J Beimel 13-7

Ground balls-fly balls – S Gray 13-6; S Doolittle 0-2; C Young 4-12; D Farquhar 0-0; C Furbush 0-1; B Maurer 1-0; J Beimel 2-2

Batters faced – S Gray 30; S Doolittle 4; C Young 24; D Farquhar 4; C Furbush 1; B Maurer 3; J Beimel 4

Game Details

Game Time: 2:43.

Umpires: HP–Mike Muchlinski. 1B–John Tumpane. 2B–James Hoye. 3B–Bob Davidson.

Weather: 74 degrees, Clear.

Wind: 3 mph, Out to Right.

Attendance: 25,944.

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