Before Tuesday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels (which they lost), the M’s bullpen was boasting an impeccable .125 opposing batting average . Their success helped the Mariners to a 11-3 record through the first half of August, including a six game win streak, the teams longest this year. And then the ‘pen, lost it.
Starting on Tuesday the bullpen allowed hit after hit, run after run, handing the lead over to their opponents in 2 of the team’s 3 losses this week, and aided in widening their lead in the other loss. Their OBA nearly tripled from the first part of the month, ballooning to .