It took dramats at the end of the game Thursday afternoon, but the Seattle Mariners left Cincinnati with their first victory in the road series of the year.
Cal Raleigh reaches another step in the night filled with reflections
The M survived the Reds 11-7 in 10 rounds in the final of the series to take two of the three games. Consequently, there are 10-9 and more .500 for the first time since the victory on the day of the opening.
The next step for Seattle on his nine game road trip is a flight north of the border to face 11-8 Toronto Blue Jays. But first, here are three things that stood out from the victory of the series at Cincinnati.
The recruit made solid beginnings
There is no doubt that the third goal player Ben Williamson was going to be ready to manage his responsibilities on the field, but there were certainly questions about what he would be able to perform in marble after only 150 games in the minor leagues. It has only been a few days that he was called to Triple-A Tacoma, but the 13th place was as good on the plate as anyone could have hoped for in his first series in the majors.
Williamson gathered his first safe hit first on the ball on Tuesday, a well-struck single between the stop stop and the third goal that came out of the bat at 105.2 MPH. The blow came out of a change from the Reds Starter Nick Lodolo, who had only granted two shots on his change during his three previous departures.
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Williamson registered with another MLB Premier Wednesday, leading to a race with a simple bloop in the central field. And he added a single to the final of the series of Thursday.
In addition to his three strokes, Williamson has shown encouraging signs by hitting the Dur balloon and not looking out on the marble. Three of his eight bullets involved were hard (an output speed of 95 mph or more), and three others had exit velos of more than 90 mph.
LEVEUR ENCLOS PROBLEM
The victory of the series at Cincinnati was a good start to a road trip, but it was very close to being so good. And a large part of this was because of a rough stretch for an overworked enclosure.
In total, the enclosure of the lifts granted 10 points out of 12 2/3 work rounds, and that almost cost the team its two victories during the series.
Wednesday, Troy Taylor was hardly affected in his return from injury. After taking an advance of 5-0 in the seventh, the right-hander granted three consecutive strokes, including a double of two points which eliminated him from the match without registering an outing. The Reds tackled another race with Eduard Bazardo returned a single to the shot of nine holes Jose Trevino.
On Thursday, Bazardo abandoned a big slam in the eighth round to the old Voltigeur of the Mariners Jake Fraley who placed Seattle in a hole of 7-5 before the ninth. The consecutive circuits of Cal Raleigh and Randy Arozarena allowed M to force the additional sleeves and to avoid disaster.
Mariners defeated Reds 11-7 in Extras after Cal, Randy HRS in ninth
The series also saw the difficulties of the right -hander Gregory Santos continues on Tuesday, while it grants two points more than a third of a round, which included the march of three consecutive strikers. Santos, who had no sticks to the stick in eight outings, was demoted to Triple-A the next day.
The movements of the alignment carried out with the enclosure of the lifts have also shown how difficult it is to make a place right now. When the M recalled Taylor during his rehabilitation stay before the road trip, he had granted six 1/3 points of sleeves in five appearances with Tacoma. And when Santos was sent, they called the right -hander Will Klein, who had granted nine points in 6 1/3 rounds in seven outings with the Rainiers (Klein was returned to Tacoma without making an appearance when Emerson Hancock was recalled from the Rainiers to start the game on Thursday).
Matt Brash Arm High-Leter is right now. His possible return is well necessary for this group. No more beginners were also helping.
New lead striker?
Victor Roble’s injury left sailors with a hole at the top of their range. Central defender Julio Rodríguez moved into the head of the head against right -handers and Dylan Moore against left -handers, but perhaps it should be Moore at the top of order in most situations – at least until Robles returns.
Moore had a huge series against Cincinnati. He was sure in the three games and made a handset of 7 for 14 with a double, two circuits, four products produced, two goals on balls and five points scored. During the season, the winner of GLOVE GLOVE 2024 sports an impressive line of an oblique bar .341 / .396 / .636 with four circuits and six points produced.
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It may seem an excessive reaction to the good start of Moore. He is a career’s thickness in a career who did not hit above .224 in a season outside the 2020 spiritual campaign. But there are figures that suggest that it could be a precious head striker in most scenarios.
First of all, Moore wears out the left -handed pitch. Since 2022, it cuts .243 / .364 / .460 with a 140 WRC + against the left -handers. Its WRC + against Southpaws during this period is equal to the 24th Best of MLB, and its basic percentage is 31st (300 plates of plates minimum).
Second, Moore’s difficulties against right-handed pitching come largely from the way it occurs at T-Mobile Park. Against right -handers at home since 2022, it only cuts .159 / .284 / .284 with an 81 WRC +. But against right -handers on the road during this same section, it cuts .222 / .331 / .407 with an 112 WRC +.
Perhaps it is not quite enough to hit the top right on the road on the road, but at the very least, Moore should be in alignment against right-handers when the M does not play at T-Mobile Park. And he should certainly continue to beat his head against left -handers.
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