At least this one was: a) only seven and a half innings; and b) not televised anywhere. Today the Mariners ran out 18 different batters who collected all of six hits between them. While this was an effective strategy to get lots of different players looks, it was not an effective strategy for scoring runs, as the Mariners lost 6-1.
How did all those runs score for a Lindor-less Cleveland team? Here’s a breakdown of each Mariners pitcher:
Yusei Kikuchi started the game and went his scheduled two innings. He started out strong, getting two quick outs on a strikeout and a comebacker, then walked Jake Bauers before giving up an RBI double to Josh Naylor (Kikuchi would later make a heads-up play on an overthrow from Crawford to the plate to nail the leadfooted Naylor trying to take third).