Best Moment: New bats show up in a big way
This series was the first in which the Mariners would have the services of both of their newly acquired trade deadline players. While Randy Arozarena had joined the team in Chicago, Justin Turner was acquired later and made his first appearance in the second game of the series. So how did they do?
Randy was great, posting a 1.021 OPS and accumulating seven total bases. He also managed to hit his first home run in a Mariners uniform, a 367-foot shot to the left field corner.
Turner was less effective, posting a .600 OPS in his 10 plate appearances but he managed to collect an RBI in his first at-bat with the team. Impressive, even if it did result in a slight baserunning gaffe to end the inning.
Arozarena has already been great with Seattle and Turner will likely start coming around soon. Are these two the keys to a second postseason run in the past twenty years? It's too soon to tell, but they've at least added some much-needed runs to an otherwise starved squad.