Alright, you wanna know what’s really happening? The Detroit Tigers just rolled into our house and handed our Mariners an 8-0 shutout. Eight. To. Zero. That’s a gut punch, plain and simple, and it’s not the kind of baseball the Emerald City expects to see.
A Tough Day at T-Mobile
Seriously, an 8-0 blanking at home by the Tigers? That scoreline is just brutal. Our guys couldn’t get anything going, and you know that stings. You watch every game hoping for that M’s magic, that late-inning rally, that J-Rod bomb. But today, nada. It was a tough one to swallow, especially as we’re trying to figure out what this season’s really gonna look like. We need our bats to wake up, and we need our pitching to hold strong. Today, neither happened.
Diamond Action Elsewhere: A Mid-Atlantic Rematch Story
While we’re all still reeling from the M’s game, there was some intense Little League Softball World Series action happening down in Greenville, North Carolina. And yeah, it’s not our Mariners, but a diamond’s a diamond, right? The Mid-Atlantic team absolutely crushed Asia-Pacific with an 11-0 victory, which meant Asia-Pacific is now eliminated. Get this, it was a total revenge game for the Mid-Atlantic squad from Toms River, New Jersey. They’d actually lost to Asia-Pacific’s Kinki Softball of Sango, Japan, 4-1 just last Sunday. But after beating New England’s Connecticut 13-3 on Tuesday, New Jersey got their rematch, and they came to play. They jumped all over Japan in the top of the first, taking advantage of a pair of errors. They kept the scoring going with a trio of sacrifice flies in the first three innings. And shoutout to Jaelyn Brown on the mound and Analeise Curley at third base for keeping Japan off the scoreboard. New Jersey slammed the door shut with an eight-run flurry in the top of the sixth.
What’s Next on the Little League Diamond
As for what’s coming up in the LLSWS, there’s a Northwest versus Canada game scheduled for 1 p.m. ET. No results on that yet, but you know we’re always pulling for our region. The Mid-Atlantic team from Toms River, New Jersey, will play again on Friday. They’ll face the loser of the Puerto Rico versus Kentucky game, and they’re gunning to be the second straight LLSWS champion from the Mid-Atlantic Region, following West Suburban from Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
Look, today was rough for our Mariners. We want wins, we expect battles, and an 8-0 loss just hurts. We’ll be back, though. This is Seattle, and we bleed green and blue. Let’s see what tomorrow brings.
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Originally reported by Bleacher Report.
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