The Seattle Mariners are absolutely pitching wildly in rough waters, and last night’s 6-2 loss to the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium felt like another heavy anchor pulling us down. Bryan Woo, our guy on the mound, got saddled with yet another tough road outing after leaving a pitch on the heart of the plate to Mookie Betts with runners on and two outs, and then Dalton Rushing clubbed a three-run homer off a slider on the corner. It’s a brutal reminder of how far we’ve drifted from being “one pitch away from a World Series matchup with the Dodgers” just a short while ago.
Woo’s Consistency Can’t Stop the Slide
Listen, I’ll always stick up for a starter who battles, and Woo did strike out eight last night. He was out there utilizing his whole repertoire of secondaries, even showcasing his brand new curveball more than ever before! You gotta respect a guy who’s trying to improve, making tweaks on a roster that frankly feels like it’s careening for the rocks. But even with that impressive consistency in his process, the outcomes just aren’t there right now. It wasn’t his sharpest outing, and giving up a three-run bomb like that just kills the momentum. Every change seems to be for the worse, and watching our team struggle to find balance is just agonizing.
Young and Arozarena Are Carrying This Crew
The winds blew against the M’s faces all evening, with two huge exceptions: Cole Young and Randy Arozarena. These two were absolute fighters against Roki Sasaki, who was slinging 98-101 MPH fastballs and breaking off revolting splitters, sliders, and forkballs. Honestly, it made me grateful I wasn’t up there trying to hit that stuff. Young tripled to lead off the sixth inning and scored on an Arozarena double, kicking off our best scoring opportunity. These guys battled early, elevated Sasaki’s pitch count, and really spurred his deterioration in that sixth inning. If anything has been going well for the Mariners this season, Young and Arozarena have been the heart of it. Randy came in during a difficult campaign, sparked a magical season a year ago, and keeps improving. If this is the final year of Randyland in the Pacific Northwest, we gotta treasure him.
Tonight’s loss just highlighted the truth: when you measure these Mariners against a superpower like the Dodgers, we’re simply not cohesive yet. There’s no port in sight for these rough waters, and the team needs to find some balance fast. We gotta keep our heads up and look for that spark. What’s next? More of the same grind, but we’ll be watching every pitch, hoping for that turning point to find our way back to calmer seas.
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Originally reported by Lookout Landing.
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