The first Friday night at T-Mobile Park started off as a raucous repeat of Thursday’s fun, but ended in all-too-familiar bullpen implosion. It was something most fans expected to witness at some point this season, but were perhaps hoping to make it through four or five games or so before it happened. Alas, these are the World Series Champion Red Sox for a reason and we all knew this Mariners bullpen was like the truck in “Sorcerer” anyways, so here we are.
But hey, let’s talk about some good stuff first. Yusei Kikuchi threw a solid and efficient six innings of work, despite being squeezed a bit by the home plate umpire, as was Nathan Eovaldi.