As other teams around the league continue to get better at the trade deadline—the most notable example being Texas trading today to get Max Scherzer—tonight’s game was yet another reminder that the Mariners simply aren’t at the level of the teams that are seriously in it. Once again, the offense wilted, failing to punish a starter with an ERA closer to 10 than it is to 0, with stranded runners littered throughout the game and another one-run loss keeping the Mariners right where they’ve been all season: heads above water, but only just.
Bryan Woo fought through five innings against the latest onslaught of lefties, giving up three runs on seven hits and striking out zero batters.