Shorthanded Mariners can’t keep up with Rangers, drop second game of series 5-1

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty ImagesThe Mariners were running shorthanded tonight, with their starting catcher out of commission with a dental emergency and their starting shortstop out with oblique soreness (apparently he felt something during BP; he’ll get an MRI and apparently they’ll know more in the morning). While replacement leadoff hitter Josh Rojas and replacement shortstop Dylan Moore each did their part to chip in (with a combined four hits, one walk, and just two strikeouts between the two of them), there were simply too many times this game that came down to Luke Raley or Seby Zavala needing to come up with a clutch hit.

Bryce Miller did what he could to keep the Mariners in the…