Today the Mariners faced an absolutely dominant pitcher in Blake Snell, who tied a Major League record with seven straight strikeouts to open the game. They were only able to scrape two hits off the lefty over six innings, one of which was an infield single beat out by Dee Gordon doing Dee Gordon things. Snell recorded a career-high 12 strikeouts against the Mariners, who struggled to even put the ball in play against him, let alone make hard contact off his well-spotted 97 mph fastball.
The Mariners won anyway.