Well, the Seattle Mariners didn’t have to use Juan Nicasio or Edwin Diaz for the fourth consecutive game.
At least, if the Mariners were looking for something positive.
Erasmo Ramirez joined some rare territory, and not in a good way. He allowed five solo home runs in five innings in the Mariners’ 6-5 loss to the Cleveland Indians and reigning American League Cy Young winner Corey Kluber on Friday at Progressive Field – despite a late Mariners rally in the ninth inning.
Ramirez is one of four pitchers in Mariners history to allow five home runs in a game, joining Jason Vargas (2012), Jamie Moyer (2006) and Mark Langston (1988).