ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Mariners have won just five games this season when scoring three runs or less. Of course, they’ve won zero games when they’ve failed to score.
Seattle had scored seven runs in each of the past three games, but they’re chance to complete a three-game series sweep and a season-series sweep of the Rays, ended with its offense being shutout in a 3-0 loss at the hands of a kid who was born in Seattle and grew up going to Safeco Field.
Blake Snell, a former Shoreline High standpoint, dominated the Mariners for his best outing in what has been an otherwise frustrating season, tossing seven shutout innings while allowing two hits with two walks and eight strikeouts.