Yesterday’s narrow victory showcased the futilities each team has faced this season, perhaps best illustrated by Jake Bauers’ go-ahead dinger being a home run in Seattle and Seattle only.
With a win today, the Mariners would find themselves in a three game win streak and a game behind .500. The season so far has felt like a tightrope walk of “game above”/”game under” .500 moments, and barring a lengthy win or loss streak, that seems likely to continue with no end in sight.
Today, southpaw and former Mariner J.A. Happ faces off against the Mariners’ lefty-heavy lineup, which includes a recently-reactivated righty Luis Torrens DH’ing out of the 8-hole.