Mariners’ rookie manager stands up for his club during eighth-inning jawboning between benches.
ARLINGTON, Texas – It was a plodding, lackluster game for nearly three hours, until suddenly, it wasn’t.
Suddenly, the Mariners, previously moribund with a bat in their hands, were banging hits all over, and out of, Globe Life Park in the eighth inning. And then, even more suddenly, the spark being lit in the Mariners’ dugout exploded.
Tellingly, it was Scott Servais leading the charge, standing up for his players even as they were greasing the way for his first managerial victory. Of any sort, unless you count intermittent fill-in work in the minors while in the Angels organization.