CHICAGO -- Mariners manager Scott Servais realizes starting pitching will play a major role if his team is going to get into a winning rhythm.
But as the Mariners continue to scuffle along, the club has had trouble getting any sort of length out of the rotation on a regular basis. In Monday night's 10-4 loss to the White Sox, Mike Leake lasted just 3 1/3 innings and surrendered eight runs. While Leake's outing was the shortest of any Seattle starter over the past five games, his short night certainly wasn't the first the Mariners have experienced of late.