Mariners 4, Rangers 0
Mariners 4, Rangers 0
- Where, oh where has my little offense gone? Oh where, oh where can it be?
- The story of the game, really. The Rangers offense has taken a powder, which presents difficulties in terms of winning games.
- A whopping three hits on the day for the Rangers, two of them from the newly re-activated Nathaniel Lowe, one from Josh Smith, whose 764 OPS on the season is over 100 points higher than Corey Seager’s OPS.
- The offense has issues right now, is what I’m saying. It is still early, yes yes, things should improve, but it is painful right now.
- Dane Dunning had an okay game but for those two homers he allowed. The first one, a two run shot by Cal Raleigh on an 0-2 fastball that was right down the middle, was the one to get upset about, a terrible pitch when you had the batter in a hole. The other homer was Julio Rodriguez crushing a 1-0 sinker in the third, and on that front, well, he’s Julio Rodriguez.
- Dunning wasn’t efficient, getting yanked in the fifth at 89 pitches, but he generated swings and misses — 16 in all — and that’s a good thing. He also gave up a ton of loud contact, though, which is problematic.
- On the plus side, the bullpen threw 4.2 innings and allowed no runs. Jose Urena, Jacob Latz, Jose Leclerc and Cole Winn all did their jobs, so huzzah for that.
- But yeah, no runs by the offense. Its a problem.
- Dane Dunning hit 92.2 mph with his sinker. Jose Urena’s sinker topped out at 97.7 mph. Jacob Latz reached 95.7 mph with his fastball. Jose Leclerc touched 96.0 mph with his fastball. Cole Winn hit 97.6 mph with his fastball.
- Corey Seager had a barrelled 110.1 exit velocity lineout. Nathaniel Lowe had a 108.6 mph double and a 101.0 mph single. Adolis Garcia had a 107.6 mph ground out. Josh Smith had a 105.9 mph double. Leody Taveras had a 104.0 mph ground out.
- Let’s forget about this game now.