Jon Morosi on Game 2 win

After two games of the American League Division Series between the Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers, MLB Network insider Jon Morosi would be more than happy to see it go to the full five games.

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“We had a one-run Game 1, a one-run Game 2,” Morosi said. “Let’s have three more just like this if all of our hearts can collectively take it. … I’ll take three more games of this drama.”

Morosi provided his instant reaction for Seattle Sports from the field at T-Mobile Park after the Mariners’ 3-2 victory in Game 2, and he had plenty to cover.

Here are a couple highlights from his video, which you can watch at the top of this post.

• Morosi saw the game-winning RBI double by Julio Rodríguez in the eighth inning from the camera well next to the dugout, giving him a great view of Rodríguez’s celebration at second base.

“I asked him about it afterwards. He said, ‘This place was chaos,’ – and it was,” Morosi relayed.

There’s good reason for that, which is that Mariners fans were hoping to see something that had not happened in Seattle since 2001.

“These fans, as we all know, have been waiting to see a home playoff win for 24 years. They got it in style.”

• After the Mariners lost Game 1 in 11 innings Saturday, Morosi said it was almost a “double defeat” because of how much Seattle had to use its bullpen. But after Sunday’s win, Morosi was left quite impressed with what Seattle’s relievers have done in the series.

“I think one of the key heroes to talk about is collectively the Seattle bullpen,” he said. “… Between Game 1 and Game 2, just two earned runs allowed by the Seattle bullpen over more than 10 innings work.”

The concern about the bullpen after Game 1? That’s gone now, as the relievers get Monday to rest up before Game 3 in Detroit.

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