We all have that friend who makes promises they intend to keep but just...don’t. They aren’t bad people, exactly, they just aren’t realistic when it comes to estimating their available resources. Today the Mariners offense was that friend, as they continually promised Erik Swanson they’d get him a run next inning, and continually failed to fulfill that promise.
To be fair, Carlos Carrasco was very, very good today, making it all the way through the seventh against the Mariner batters, who looked hapless against Carrasco’s fastball-slider-changeup. The Mariners would scatter a few hits around, but couldn’t ever get anything going in sequence against Carrasco.