How Will The Mariners Manage The Deadline?
Cal Raleigh hit a grand slam on Monday night. George Kirby needed 80 pitches to cruise through six innings. The M’s beat up on the Reds 8-0, and for the first time in nearly two weeks, Seattle is back over .500 at 51-50, sitting a half-game clear of Texas atop the AL West.Cal Raleigh hit his sixth career grand slam, George Kirby and three relievers combined for a three-hitter and the Seattle Mariners beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-0 on Monday night, moving the Mariners above .500 for the first time in nearly two weeks and a half-game ahead of Texas atop the AL West. All this and we still had some injury scares from both a late scratch from JP, and a awkward RBI by Julio that ended up with him headed to the dugout with a trainer.
That’s three wins in their last four games, and it comes right on the heels of an ugly, deflating 0-7 shutout loss to open the second half against a Giants team that had no business making the Mariners look that lifeless. This team has been maddeningly inconsistent all year, a club that’s simultaneously in first place and somehow feels like it hasn’t found itself yet.
