Losses like this one are a tough pill to swallow, because there’s no obvious place to point for who is to blame. The defense made some tremendous catches in the outfield (Field! Ref!), the defense made some great moves at bat. It was a game where one pitch could have made it or broken it either way, and unfortunately it went in the Mariners favor this time around.
Facing off against Mariners pitcher James Paxton this season will never be an easy win. He’s been electric all season, not just considering his no-hitter, and he hasn’t seemed to have a really bad outing since that day in Toronto.