After a thriller last night the Mariners look to secure a series win tonight. Unfortunately, to do that they’ll have to get past Patrick Sandoval, who replaced José Quintana—who gave up the game-winning dinger last night—in the rotation. As Jake noted in the series preview, Sandoval took the loss the last time these two teams met up, but his changeup is a serious weapon and there’s a chance the Mariners can’t get a lot going against him. However, command can be an issue for Sandoval, who’s got a double-digit walk rate—he walked five batters in five innings against the Orioles in his last outing, and didn’t get a decision—and the Mariners batters are really good at taking walks, so if they can lay off the changeup and force Sandoval to throw strikes and work his pitch count to get into that Charmin-soft Angels bullpen, that could be a good recipe for the M’s.
7/10/21: SEA vs. LAA open game thread
