Kade Anderson, baseball’s top pitching prospect, just put on a show at T-Mobile Park, holding the Texas Rangers to a single run over six dominant innings as our Seattle Mariners squeezed out a gritty 3-2 win tonight. This was Anderson’s fourth start in his young MLB career, and he absolutely delivered his best outing yet, completely stifling a Rangers lineup that just dropped ten runs on us less than 24 hours ago. What a turnaround, right?
Kade Anderson: The Prospect Nobody Saw Coming (Except Us)
Remember how lucky we got in the 2025 MLB Draft? The Mariners moved up to No. 3 with a wild 0.7% chance and snagged Anderson. Two “braindead orgs” above us passed on the LSU College World Series-winning ace for some slot bonus shenanigans, and boy, are they kicking themselves now. Today, the Rangers got their first real taste of the future, and it was brutal for them. Anderson was a brick wall, allowing only one solo home run in his six innings. Meanwhile, the Rangers went a pathetic 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven guys stranded on base. That’s just unacceptable when you’re “trying to right your wrongs and sneak into the playoffs,” as the source says.
Grinding Out Runs and a Little Luck
Our offense scrapped for every run, and sometimes you just need a little ballgame luck. Rangers starter Cody Bradford gave up two, two-out RBI hits, proving that if you keep putting the ball in play, good things happen. In one inning, Cal Raleigh drew a walk, then hustled to second on a foul out to the backstop. Taylor Ward followed that up with a clutch two-out single, a “parachute blooper” that sailed over Justin Foscue’s head, tying the game up.
The M’s broke the 1-1 tie a few innings later in a wild sequence. Bradford got two quick outs and then a ground ball to Corey Seager looked like a sure inning-ender, but BAM! It hit the second base bag and went for a single. Talk about a surprising rally! Ward then walked, and Cole Young delivered the knockout punch with a double to right field that Brandon Nimmo just couldn’t reach, scoring both runners and putting Seattle up 3-1. Seager did smack a solo homer in the eighth to make it 3-2, but despite a couple of shots in the ninth, the Rangers couldn’t get that third run. Burger hit a second inning solo home run for his 26th of the year, breaking a tie with Joc Pederson for the team leader, but it wasn’t enough to save them.
What a frustrating loss for the Rangers, who just wasted another opportunity to get back to .500. For us, it’s all about keeping this momentum. Tomorrow, we close out the series with a rubber match at T-Mobile Park. It’s Jacob deGrom for Texas against our very own Logan Gilbert. First pitch is scheduled for 3:10 pm CDT. Let’s send them packing and take the series!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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