After pitching well in April and May, June has been a swoon for Karns, who is 0-2 with eight earned runs allowed and 10 walks against 10 strikeouts in 81/3 innings this month.
Maybe a return to the place he called home last season will help Nathan Karns find his way, and help the Mariners regain their footing.
After their roughest stretch of the season — a 6-11 record in their past 17 games — Karns and the Mariners head out on their longest road trip of the season, a 10-games-in-10-days journey that begins Tuesday against the Tampa Bay Rays in St.