Jake Odorizzi has a K/9 this season of 7.54, which puts him just a little ahead of current Mariner Tyler Anderson on the overall leaderboard, to give you a sense of how whelmed to be by that number. Today against the Mariners, however, Odorizzi’s K/9 was almost 13, as once again Mariners batters flailed and ultimately failed against Odorizzi’s less-than-dastardly 91-92 MPH fastball at the top of the zone combined with his curveball and splitter—which wasn’t particularly spectacular but was plenty effective against the crew of soggy pool noodle-wielding Mariners batters.
The Mariners had a chance to score in the first, when Kyle Seager nicely ensured the Mariners wouldn’t be no-hit when he popped a curveball into right field (if you will recall, last night the no-hit fear persisted until the fourth inning, so we thank Seags for getting that particular fear out of the way quickly today).