The Seattle Mariners started with Dee Gordon’s single, Jean Segura’s single and Mitch Haniger’s home run.
Easy.
The game was tied two innings later.
OK.
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Then Los Angeles Angels starter Garrett Richards left the game with an injury in the third inning.
But the Mariners never capitalized.
And by the end of the fourth inning their own starting pitcher was removed and the Mariners were suddenly staring at a four-run deficit and went on to lose, 9-3, for their third loss in their past four games after this Tuesday night clunker in Anaheim.