Tonight could be interesting for the Mariners – their pitching is going to have to pull a pretty heavy load tonight. Let’s see if our boys can do their job and get the hits we need to give the new kid some support. He did a great job the last time – let’s see if he can’t pull it off again!
| Minnesota | @ | Seattle |
| Dozier, 2B | Chavez, En, LF | |
| Suzuki, K, C | Jones, J, CF | |
| Parmelee, 1B | Cano, 2B | |
| Morales, K, DH | Seager, 3B | |
| Willingham, LF | Hart, DH | |
| Arcia, O, RF | Morrison, 1B | |
| Plouffe, 3B | Saunders, M, RF | |
| Escobar, E, SS | Zunino, C | |
| Fuld, CF | Bloomquist, SS | |
| Pino, P | Wilhelmsen, P |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Seattle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
No, I didn’t make it the end of the game. I’m getting old; I am a wuss; I get up too early; whatever excuse works for you, the fact is that I decided sleep was more important than this game.
However, we WON and I think I saw all the important stuff because not much changed after the 7th inning. Pino continues to do a good job if not eye-broadeningly spectacular (pretty sure I just made up that term). Could the team use that spark if he was? yes. Do I need it to have confidence in his ability? no. I like that he is continuing to build on previous experience and do well when he’s out there. He’ll go deeper into games as he becomes more efficient with his pitches in each at bat. But he’s doing well in my book.
Last night’s win seems to fall on the shoulders of Kendrys Morales who is stepping up his game the way we had hoped he would be able to! It’s still in the early stages of the performance ability he likely expects of himself in this return to baseball but that boy can sure hit the ball and I hope to see a LOT more like it. For that, he is the BOD!
