ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Leake is going to give up contact. That’s who he is as a pitcher. He knows it. The Mariners knew it when they acquired him.
And on those nights when his command isn’t somewhere between good and precise, well, he’s going to struggle.
That version of Leake appeared on Tuesday night at Angels Stadium and it got ugly in a decisive 9-3 defeat against the Los Angeles Angels.
It was the Mariners’ fourth defeat in six games, dropping them to 57-35.
Los Angeles hitters rocked Leake for seven runs (five earned) on 11 hits and knocked him out of the game after four innings.