Sort of a good news\/bad news situation today. The bad news is that there\u2019s a Mariners game today. The good news is it\u2019s an early one and you\u2019ll get most of the day after it\u2019s over. Also, it\u2019s Harry Potter Day at Globe Life Field today, but whether that\u2019s good news or bad news is a matter of perspective.<\/p>\n
This will be Round 3 in the Battle of the Hatters, as Stetson alumni Logan Gilbert and Jacob deGrom face off. Combining their first two matchups, both in April, Gilbert has 11.1 IP, 4 ER, 13 H, 1 BB, 12 K and deGrom put up 9 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 3 BB, 9 K.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the Logan section of my recap from Round 1:<\/p>\n
On the whole, Gilbert\u2019s line doesn\u2019t look all that bad, with six innings of five strikeouts, no walks, and just two runs. But I think that oversells how well he actually pitched, especially considering the quality of competition. The nine hard-hit balls and single whiff on his slider tell the more complete story.<\/p>\n
And here\u2019s from Round 2:<\/p>\n
I\u2019d like to look at Logan Gilbert\u2019s line of 5.1 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 1 BB, 7 K, and say at least Gilbert had another good performance. But it really wasn\u2019t great. He was all over the place in his first three innings: fastball velocity up and down, over-relying on his worst pitches while the splitter and slider sat on the shelf. A fastball right down Broadway to Brandon Nimmo resulted in a leadoff home run and set the tone. In Logan\u2019s defense, just like Ryon Healy in the booth, he did get better once he started being himself in the fourth inning. But the damage had been done\u2014to his pitch count if not the score.<\/p>\n
Pretty normal looking lineup today, though against a righty, Young keeps the leadoff spot and Crawford slides down to the eight hole.<\/p>\n
Thanks to the Rangers for this AI rendering of what it would be like if Hogwarts enrolled more than 300 students.<\/p>\n
First pitch: 11:35 PDT
TV: Mariners TV
Radio: Old Reliable<\/p>\n
Happy Birthday Brandon Morrow<\/p>\n
Brandon Morrow turns 42 today. One of the 50 greatest Mariners? No. But he did set the franchise record for most holds in a season by a rookie with 18 in 2007. That record is now held by Justin Topa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sort of a good news\/bad news situation today. The bad news is that there\u2019s a Mariners game today.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[136435,136436,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-387138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-seattle-mariners-discussion","tag-seattle-mariners-game-threads","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}