Even when the Seattle Mariners aren’t hitting – like in about the entirety of this month of July – their lineup is more athletic than in years past to score in other ways.
That’s what it took Wednesday afternoon, with their bats stuck in a month-long swoon.
Mariners manager Scott Servais would prefer to steer as far clear of sacrifice bunts, now so taboo across baseball, as he could, but that’s sort of how this lineup is built. Dee Gordon used one to move Guillermo Heredia to second after a leadoff walk in the bottom of the eight.