There have been far worse early season nadirs for the Seattle Mariners than around 9 AM PST this morning. Still, with the club careening towards .500, losing their de facto ace to an ominous arm injury, on the heels of a bullpen implosion, things felt woebegone. With Mitch Haniger and Kyle Lewis on the bench today to boot, I quipped that Seattle was going to need around 14 strikeouts to give the M’s a shot. He only got halfway there, but seven strikeouts and a flirtation with history was enough to push Seattle over the line for a 1-0 win.
The S.S. Yusei Kikuchi drags the pockmarked and scurvy-ridden Mariners safely ashore
