Wade LeBlanc struggled with his command and fought his release point. He had sat in the dugout for what felt like a half-hour watching the Seattle Mariners’ roll in a seven-run third inning.
“Yeah, man, gosh ... I can’t believe these guys were scoring so many runs,” LeBlanc said, tongue in cheek and smiling. “God, just selfish of them.”
LeBlanc had just tossed three scoreless and allowed one hit, including striking out slugger Joey Gallo on a perfectly located 87-mph cutter.
In the fourth inning LeBlanc walked the leadoff batter, allowed Adrian Beltre’s RBI double and another RBI double from Nomar Mazara before Robinson Chirinos’ two-run home run.