Today’s contest was a delightful win by the Mariners over their division foes the Athletics, but it was also a clear object lesson in the diverging fortunes of these two teams. The Mariners are a team that is, by most accounts, on the #Rise; the A’s are...not that, and today’s game demonstrated that in spades, as the Mariners starters outplayed the A’s 40-man fringe, and Mariners pitching struck out 14 batters in a decisive 7-1 win.
Popular Mariners Armchair GM trade target Frankie Montas opened the game by giving up a double down the line to Adam Frazier.