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Seattle Mariners manager Dan Wilson speaks to the media following a 5-3 loss against the Minnesota Twins on Friday at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. | Teren Kowatsch/Roundtable Sports
SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners failed to carry on the momentum from a strong early offensive performance and collapsed late in a 5-3 loss against the Minnesota Twins.
The Mariners held the lead at the conclusion of each of the first six innings, but allowed surrendered three combined scores in the seventh and the eighth inning for the loss.
Seattle dropped to 53-58 behind the season and fell to three games out of first place in the American League West and three games out of the final wild card spot in the AL.
"Tonight, we weren't able to get consistent traffic," Mariners manager Dan Wilson said in a postgame interview Friday. "That's essential. You get the three early and adding on later is going to be huge. It takes a lot of pressure off the bullpen and we weren't able to do that tonight."
Seattle broke out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. With the bases loaded and two outs, catcher Cal Raleigh hit a two-RBI ground-rule double to give the M's the early lead. Third baseman Weston Wilson struck out the next at-bat, leaving runners at second and third, which ended up plaguing the Mariners later on.
Twins third baseman Brooks Lee tied the game 2-2 with a two-run homer to right field. The two-run shot was a culmination of an unfortunate inning for Seattle starting pitcher Bryce Miller.
Minnesota first baseman Josh Bell got on base with a single on a splitter well below the strike zone. That resulted in Lee's homer being for two runs, which came on a cutter that Miller left in the middle of the zone.
"(They got) a lucky hit on a two-strike split that's a foot or less off the ground," Miller said after the game. "Get two quick outs then fall behind Lee, threw him the worst cutter I've thrown all year down the middle. ... After that, I felt like I was kind of settled in and was rolling."
Miller finished the game with three strikeouts, two walks and two earned runs allowed on three hits (one homer) in 5.1 innings pitched. He was pulled in the top of the sixth at just 87 pitches after receiving an extra days rest after being bumped up a day from his originally-scheduled outing against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday in Los Angeles.
The Mariners owned a 3-2 lead in the top of the sixth despite Miller's early exit. Second baseman Cole Young put Seattle back in front with a solo homer to right field in the bottom of the second.
Mariners left-handed reliever Jose A. Ferrer got the final two outs of the sixth, but things started to unravel for him and the rest of the team's bullpen in subsequent innings.
Ferrer headed back out for the seventh inning. He allowed a lead-off solo home run to Twins first baseman Royce Lewis, which tied the game 3-3.
After surrendering a single and generating a flyout, right-handed reliever Eduard Bazardo entered the game for Seattle. The first batter he faced, Minnesota center fielder Luke Keaschall, hit an RBI double to give the visitors a 4-3 lead.
Bazardo got out of the seventh and went back out for the eighth, where he surrendered a lead-off solo homer to Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers that resulted in the eventual final of 5-3.
The Mariners went down in order in the seventh and eighth inning but showed signs of life in the ninth.
With one out, Raleigh and Wilson both drew walks to set Seattle up with runners at first and second. Shortstop Colt Emerson grounded out, but moved the aforementioned pair to second and third.
Mitch Garver entered the game as a pinch-hitter for right fielder Victor Robles, but struck out to leave Raleigh and Wilson stranded on-base to end the game.
The Mariners went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left six stranded Friday. Minnesota's pitching staff recorded 14 strikeouts.
"Lot of swing-and-miss," Wilson said. "Looked like (we chased) and getting ourselves in bad counts. Not being able to get the pitch that we want, and that's what makes it difficult."
Seattle will attempt to even the series and in game two of the set at 1:10 p.m. PT on Saturday. Logan Gilbert will start for the Mariners and Connor Prielipp will start for the Twins.
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SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners failed to carry on the momentum from a strong early offensive performance and collapsed late in a 5-3 loss against the Minnesota Twins.
The Mariners held the lead at the conclusion of each of the first six innings, but allowed surrendered three combined scores in the seventh and the eighth inning for the loss.
Seattle dropped to 53-58 behind the season and fell to three games out of first place in the American League West and three games out of the final wild card spot in the AL.
"Tonight, we weren't able to get consistent traffic," Mariners manager Dan Wilson said in a postgame interview Friday. "That's essential. You get the three early and adding on later is going to be huge. It takes a lot of pressure off the bullpen and we weren't able to do that tonight."
Seattle broke out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. With the bases loaded and two outs, catcher Cal Raleigh hit a two-RBI ground-rule double to give the M's the early lead. Third baseman Weston Wilson struck out the next at-bat, leaving runners at second and third, which ended up plaguing the Mariners later on.
Twins third baseman Brooks Lee tied the game 2-2 with a two-run homer to right field. The two-run shot was a culmination of an unfortunate inning for Seattle starting pitcher Bryce Miller.
Minnesota first baseman Josh Bell got on base with a single on a splitter well below the strike zone. That resulted in Lee's homer being for two runs, which came on a cutter that Miller left in the middle of the zone.
"(They got) a lucky hit on a two-strike split that's a foot or less off the ground," Miller said after the game. "Get two quick outs then fall behind Lee, threw him the worst cutter I've thrown all year down the middle. ... After that, I felt like I was kind of settled in and was rolling."
Miller finished the game with three strikeouts, two walks and two earned runs allowed on three hits (one homer) in 5.1 innings pitched. He was pulled in the top of the sixth at just 87 pitches after receiving an extra days rest after being bumped up a day from his originally-scheduled outing against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday in Los Angeles.
The Mariners owned a 3-2 lead in the top of the sixth despite Miller's early exit. Second baseman Cole Young put Seattle back in front with a solo homer to right field in the bottom of the second.
Mariners left-handed reliever Jose A. Ferrer got the final two outs of the sixth, but things started to unravel for him and the rest of the team's bullpen in subsequent innings.
Ferrer headed back out for the seventh inning. He allowed a lead-off solo home run to Twins first baseman Royce Lewis, which tied the game 3-3.
After surrendering a single and generating a flyout, right-handed reliever Eduard Bazardo entered the game for Seattle. The first batter he faced, Minnesota center fielder Luke Keaschall, hit an RBI double to give the visitors a 4-3 lead.
Bazardo got out of the seventh and went back out for the eighth, where he surrendered a lead-off solo homer to Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers that resulted in the eventual final of 5-3.
The Mariners went down in order in the seventh and eighth inning but showed signs of life in the ninth.
With one out, Raleigh and Wilson both drew walks to set Seattle up with runners at first and second. Shortstop Colt Emerson grounded out, but moved the aforementioned pair to second and third.
Mitch Garver entered the game as a pinch-hitter for right fielder Victor Robles, but struck out to leave Raleigh and Wilson stranded on-base to end the game.
The Mariners went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left six stranded Friday. Minnesota's pitching staff recorded 14 strikeouts.
"Lot of swing-and-miss," Wilson said. "Looked like (we chased) and getting ourselves in bad counts. Not being able to get the pitch that we want, and that's what makes it difficult."
Seattle will attempt to even the series and in game two of the set at 1:10 p.m. PT on Saturday. Logan Gilbert will start for the Mariners and Connor Prielipp will start for the Twins.
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