Put it this way: Forgetting that the lefthanded swinging Alvarez is almost as deadly against lefthanders as righthanders cost Servais a game his Mariners had practically in the bank. When Mariners manager Scott Servais elected to play the portside matchup, with with two on and two out, and with usual starting pitcher Robbie Ray, making only the seventh relief appearance of his major league life.
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(Eugenio Suárez, denied the RBI when France was thrown out at the plate.)Īstro fans, of course, will thank Yordan Alvarez unto eternity for turning what was a 7-5 loss in the making with two out in the bottom of the ninth into an 8-7 division series Game One win.
Crawford), triple (Julio Rodríguez), double (Ty France, with the RBI), single.
That included a reverse cycle by the last four Mariners Verlander faced: home run (J.P. Not unless and you’re a fan of the Blue Jays (swept in two by the upstarts out of Seattle), the Rays (swept likewise by the kindergarteners from Cleveland), the Cardinals (retiring Hall of Famer-to-be Albert Pujols and ancient catcher Yadier Molina unable to retire as champions thanks to the barely-expected Phillies), or the Mets (shoved aside in three by the Padres).Ĭertainly not if you’re a Mariners fan who watched your team open its American League division series by mugging future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander (whose comeback season placed him back into the Cy Young Award conversation) for six runs on ten hits in the first four innings. Not unless you watched the new wild card series. But it couldn’t hurt to watch the games, anyhow. (Yet.) And, it’s going to take a little bit longer thanks to a lot more artificially inflated competition this time around. We haven’t been told unto death who’s going to claim the Promised Land and in how many games.
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