and then the couch caught on fire
Today is one of those perfect Seattle days: the sunlight is sparkling off the Sound, the sky is Easter-egg blue, and the mountains look like frosted cakes in the distance. I hope you did an outside, fun thing today, and are reading this recap because you were out enjoying your environs, wherever they may be.
Today’s game was an inverse of Friday’s matchup, this time with the Mariners putting up the fireballer with spotty command, and the Cardinals using the methodical, plodding pitcher. Things didn’t start out great for Paxton: he started out Matt Carpenter and his Beard of Doom with a sequence of fastballs that gradually climbed the ladder to work Carp (the fish, why are they always so annoying) into a 1-2 count, then deposited a changeup on the inside corner that home plate ump, AAA callup Carlos Torres, did not call a strike.