That seemed unlikely early. Gilbert threw 31 pitches in the first inning. He loaded the bases, but allowed just one run on a sac fly (which could have been much worse without a great catch from Julio<\/a>). He threw 27 pitches in the second inning. He put a couple runners on but escaped without a run (thanks to a great throw from Cole Young<\/a>). This felt like a disaster in the making.<\/p>\n And from there, Gilbert was perfect. He set down the side in order the third, fourth, and fifth innings. I began writing in this very recap that Gilbert\u2019s day ended after five at 96 pitches, then whoa, he stepped out of the dugout for the sixth. He got Pete Alonso to line out on a first pitch slider. He worked a full count against Colton Cowser but dropped a slider on the black for strike three. Then he got Leody Tavares to ground out to first, racing to cover the bag, stomping down for the final out. Six innings, five strikeouts, three hits, two walks, one run. This was roughly the vibe by the end.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t even really know what to say about Gilbert at this point. His FIP still begins with a 4. So many of his outings this year have looked like Tuesday. Well, he\u2019s typically dominated early and struggled late. But every game there\u2019s a handful of batters he can\u2019t quite sit down or even simply move on from, throwing full-count pitch after pitch after pitch. It\u2019s just weird. The arsenal metrics suggest Gilbert should have some resistance to these specific issues. Like, his stuff is sharp, hard, diverse, and deceptive. He got Alonso to whiff so bad he threw his bat into the stands, giving us one of the all-time Brad Adam in-game interviews with Craig from Richland. (Craig kept the bat despite cash offers from Orioles fans! Nice. An all-time Logan Gilbert trophy, in the hands of a Mariners fan.) So I don\u2019t know. I think there\u2019s something to be said for Gilbert tonight<\/a>. I gave up on this one. He didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a good thing he didn\u2019t, because the Mariners won 6-5 in extras in what turned out to be a ridiculous, sloppy, fever-dream of a game that the Mariners had no business winning in Birdland.<\/p>\n In the middle of that hub Where we went to try and sweep Some ornithology nerds Where Ayala swooped and swirled Adam Jones was sent there Birdland – I\u2019m singin\u2019 Birdland The lineup the Mariners together tonight was\u2026 uh\u2026 not the plan from Spring Training. They\u2019re dealing with a rash of injuries at the moment, and so it\u2019s been the, \u201cWe need some guys to step up\u201d time of the season. And step up they, ultimately, kinda, in a way, did.<\/p>\n Randy Arozarena led off the third inning with a line drive single, and Rob Refsnyder followed with one of his own. Mitch Garver fell behind quickly, but laid off a few great pitches out of the zone. Trevor Rogers came back in with a fastball, and Garver was ready, giving us the latest Mitch Garver Exasperated Bat Drop.<\/p>\n This was huge to give the Mariners a 3-1 lead. Again, Gilbert was clearly not long for this game, and they were going to need some runs to survive a shallow bullpen. After the homer, the vibes were roughly here:<\/p>\n Once Gilbert miraculously cleared six with the game still 3-1, the lineup did well to scratch across some cushion. Victor Robles beat out a squibber with two outs, and Julio rocketed another single through the infield. That brought up Arozarena, who picked up a third-straight, two-out single, scoring Robles on a close play the plate<\/a>.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, the Orioles would get that run right back. An error by Cole Young, a single, and a double play put a runner on third. Alex Hoppe brought him home<\/a> with a spiked pitch to the backstop. 4-2. The walls of Birdland were closing in.<\/p>\n Jose Ferrer got the ball in the ninth. He threw 42 pitches.<\/p>\n Ferrer quickly got ahead of Tavares leading off. But Tavares battled, working the count back to 2-2. Ferrer threw him a fastball way outside for ball three. Tavares thinking it was ball four started toward first and began to derobe, unbuckling his elbow guard. He tried to play it off cool once he realized, slowly returning to the box. But he\u2019d forgotten about the pitch timer, and when it expired, the umpire called him out<\/a>. Vibe check:<\/p>\n Still, this is Birdland. Coby Mayo immediately homered to make it 4-3. Jeremiah Jackson singled, and Tyler O\u2019Neill nearly ended the game with a barrel to right. But it landed short and skipped over the wall, crucially, for a ground rule double.<\/p>\n Samuel Basallo then hit a ball just three feet. Ferrer went charging after it down the first base line. He grabbed it and made a desperate, tumbling throw for home that was neither accurate nor on time, scoring the tying run<\/a>. He probably should have thrown to first.<\/p>\n Ferrer walked Taylor Ward to load the bases. Again, there was still just one out in the ninth inning of a tie game. Gunnar Henderson pounded a one hopper to third. Patrick Wisdom, playing in, leaped high to snag it and made a strong throw home<\/a> to get the lead runner.<\/p>\n Up stepped Pete Alonso. Ferrer threw him six sinkers to work the count full. He went to the sinker again. It caught the center of the plate and Alonso rocketed a grounder up the middle. Right there was Bliss, who snagged it and raced to the bag to get the runner by a step. The Mariners, somehow, survived.<\/p>\n Arozarena took the lead right back in the 10th. With the Manfred Man on second, he poked a slider way out of the zone to right. It looked like a fly out off the bat, but it just carried and carried<\/a> and carried the Mariners to a 6-4 lead. It can\u2019t be state enough: What a season he\u2019s having.<\/p>\n Nick Davila got the 10th with a 6-4 lead and the Manfred Man. It didn\u2019t start well. Hoppe hit Blaze Alexander with the first pitch of the inning to bring the winning run to the plate. Tavares followed with a hard grounder through the right side to make the game 6-5 with nobody out.<\/p>\n Davila got Mayo to pop up to Bliss, who made a tremendous diving effort<\/a> near the foul line for the first out. Jackson then hit a chopper to third. Wisdom, again playing in, cut the ball off perfectly with a backhand ranging toward the third base line. He contorted his body to get off a quick throw, which was right on target to Garver, who slapped down the tag to deny the tying run.<\/p>\n Davila ended it<\/a> with a strikeout.<\/p>\n Curs-ed lair Junior\u2019s swing Ju-li-o F\u00e9lix is ours Ju-li-o Two and oh![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-5.27.03PM.png\"\/)
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I remember one ball club<\/p>\n
Down on Eu-taw street<\/p>\n
That they named it for a Bird<\/p>\n
And League made me want to hurl<\/p>\n
To the distance we stared<\/p>\n
Birdland – Ol\u2019 swingin\u2019 Birdland<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image_53f865.png\"\/)
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Who even cares
– where?
Down in Birdland<\/p>\n
Home run king
– there
Down in Birdland<\/p>\n
Climbed the wall
– where?
Down in Birdland<\/a><\/p>\n
That was lame
– there
Down in Birdland<\/p>\n
Climbed that wall
– Again\u2026?
Down in Birdland<\/a><\/p>\n
Two to go
– there
Down in Birdland yeah<\/p>\n
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