Autumn Dreamin

The double under the wall was unlucky, but they got in their own way a few times too. And you just knew that fake interference call would find a way to matter. Glad to be done with that ump crew. Kinda weird having the off day in the middle of the trip instead of at either end. Rest up and bounce back in SF.

I would be so angry as a Mariners fan. After refusing to pinch hit Raley and his near .900 OPS with runners on in the 6th yesterday, they pinch hit the sub-.400 OPS Refsnyder in the 5th tonight. On top of Raley hitting lefties better than Refsnyder has to this point, Newcomb has also had reverse splits this season. I mean, I'll take it, but...

Good contact, wrong place

They can't even announce ABS results right

Inning should be over, this is so annoying.

He's out. And he had a lane to slide. What is up with this ump crew?

Way to cash in the steal

Where did Naylor think that was lol

They were able to get to Hancock last time for a season high 5 ER, so we'll see if that was just an off day for him or if it's a Soriano situation where the Sox inexplicably have his number. Murakami took him yard, but T-Mobile is a less friendly ballpark.

I also want to shout out Venable for the rotation shuffle earlier in this stretch that set Kay up to face SEA twice. SEA has a .587 OPS vs. lefties (compared to .731 vs. RHP). Held the Mariners to 1 run in 3 out of 5 games, and two of those were Kay starts.

Happy to add a mysterious victory to the tally. Ten 1 run wins is T-1 in MLB. Sox have the 4th best record in the AL (and top 10 in MLB) at 25-23 on May 20. Last year on May 20, they were also playing the middle game of a series vs. SEA and won...improving their record to 15-34. Crazy what a year can do.

The problem with expecting returning OFs to replace Acuna is that Acuna can play short. Right now the backup 1B is the starting 3B, the backup 2B is the starting LF, and the backup 3B is the starting SS. Without Acuna, the backup SS is the starting 2B, and that leaves you pretty shallow. Just look at the maneuvering required tonight after a couple subs. If you want someone to knock Acuna off the roster, it'll probably need to be someone who can play in the IF.

Castillo has had a bad year but has too much Mariners cred for them to unceremoniously stick him in the pen...so when Bryce Miller got healthy, they said they would piggyback them for a start (this one) to line things up and then go to a 6 man. So they still wanted Castillo to get some length today, and presumably weren't expecting a 1-0 situation.

Very similar to the 2-1 win at home vs. SEA last week. Gave up 1 in the 1st, pitching kept them in it until they put up 2 in the 8th. Nice to ensure a split at worst of the season series, in case that ends up mattering. Also nice to match CLE who won earlier. KC/DET/MIN all lost. Credit to Kay for keeping the team in it and finding some quick innings in the middle. Credit to Will for great bullpen management and a key double steal.

Turned into the Guardians for an inning lol

Thought so too, but you'd probably rather have the challenge for the bottom

Please be okay

I'm not saying it's smart, I'm just saying it's their plan

They want innings for Castillo

I don't really think there's enough to overturn there, but the umps haven't been kind in this series.

They are supposedly piggybacking Castillo for a turn then going to a 6 man rotation after, which means he needs multiple innings to stay reasonably stretched out.

Props to Kay for battling through it. Wasn't pretty, but it's still 5.1 IP of 1 hit ball.

Peters staying hot

Much needed 1-2-3