If there was ever a night for things to get reeeeeaaaaal weird, it’s probably tonight in Colorado. The Mariners are playing a game that starts at 5:40 p.m. local time (weird) in a National League stadium (super weird), with Ben Gamel manning center field (too much weird), and Christian Bergman + Chris Herrmann as the starting battery (immensely weird).
No matter the circumstances, the Mariners could use a win after last night’s catastrophe. James Paxton’s minor injury set a grip of roster moves into motion, putting Bergman in the less-than-enviable position of making a start at Coors Field.