This wasn’t necessarily going to be an easy matchup, Wade LeBlanc vs. Jake Odorizzi, but with Twins ace Jose Berrios taking the mound against Mike Leake tomorrow, in order to secure a much-needed series win and continue stocking their nuclear fallout shelter with wins before June, the Mariners needed this game.
In case you went to bed before the twelfth inning, let me spoil the ending for you: they got it. They got it at a cost, but they got it.
Let’s roll it back, because this is one of those games where it’s hard to remember how it started compared with where it ended.