After seven consecutive slugfests the inevitable pitchers' duel arrived and the Mariners showed they could win that kind of game, too, beating the Angels 2 to 1 in an authentic nail-biter: 8.1 excellent innings from Marco Gonzalez, an 8th inning blast from Vogie and, arriving just in time, Anthony Swarzak gets a nine pitch save in his debut for the M's.
Marco looked in midseason form, at one point retiring 17 Angels in a row. The run he gave up was pretty cheap: a double, followed by two ground-outs that advanced the runner home. Gonzalez threw mostly cutters and sliders with an occasional fastball or curve. The off-speed stuff seemed to keep the Angels off-balance all night.
Cahill pitched well, too. The redhot M's bats cooled off for the first time this season, except for Vogelbach who broke his hitless streak with a double before smashing his linedrive opposite field home run.
While nothing is nicer than taking a lead in the home-half of the eighth, anxieties surely set in. To his credit Servais gave Marco a chance to get the CG, but he could only get one out before leaving the game with runners at first and third to face... ? That was the question and Swarzak provided a definitive answer.
You almost hate to see them get a day off for travel today. The Ms are on a roll and there's no reason to stop now.
Marco looked in midseason form, at one point retiring 17 Angels in a row. The run he gave up was pretty cheap: a double, followed by two ground-outs that advanced the runner home. Gonzalez threw mostly cutters and sliders with an occasional fastball or curve. The off-speed stuff seemed to keep the Angels off-balance all night.
Cahill pitched well, too. The redhot M's bats cooled off for the first time this season, except for Vogelbach who broke his hitless streak with a double before smashing his linedrive opposite field home run.
While nothing is nicer than taking a lead in the home-half of the eighth, anxieties surely set in. To his credit Servais gave Marco a chance to get the CG, but he could only get one out before leaving the game with runners at first and third to face... ? That was the question and Swarzak provided a definitive answer.
You almost hate to see them get a day off for travel today. The Ms are on a roll and there's no reason to stop now.
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