There’s always some weirdness with interleague opponents, and tonight was appropriately weird. The Nationals are a team that doesn’t homer much and doesn’t strike out a lot; tonight they were handed 12* strikeouts by Mariners pitching, but also hit two home runs. Thankfully, those two solo shots accounted for half of the Nationals offense tonight; meanwhile, the Mariners did something they haven’t done very often this season and stacked a big inning up against the Nats en route to a 8-4 win. It feels like this 2023 Mariners team either loses or cruises to a blowout victory; it was nice to see them tonight work good plate appearances, make productive outs and keep the line moving, and get clutch hits big and small while working back from a deficit for a somewhat rare come-from-behind win.
Mariners show some grit, earn comeback victory over Nats 8-4
