No one knows this better than Nottingham, who over a dizzying three-week span recently was a Brewer, a Mariner and a Brewer again before returning for yet another stint with the Mariners. “… Because you never really know what can happen.” Baseball! Anything can happen, and often does.“I’m going to tell him that all you can really do is come to the field happy each day,” Nottingham said. But also: remember that after Griffey was out and the team seemed destined to fall out of playoff contention entirely, they instead went on a miraculous run. Also, be sure to stay tuned after the game for the fireworks! Today in Mariners history:ġ995: The anniversary of Griffey’s wrist-fracturing catch. Okay, but all jokes aside, it’s great to have ROOT’s best pitching analyst on tonight’s game, in particular. I hope Hyphen keeps his pocket square handy to fan himself during what promises to be an exciting pitcher’s duel. On the television side, ROOT Sports NW will have the pretty moving pictures, with Aaron Goldsmith and Ryan Rowland-Smith doing tonight’s duties. If you’re out and about, you can listen to the game on 710 AM Seattle Sports with Rick Rizzs and Gary Hill Jr. Tonight’s game begins a little later - 7:10, so it will be at least a little dark when the fireworks start, theoretically. You know the guys want to be out there but they know when they need a blow, they know when they’re ready to go, and you have to trust them that they know their body better than I do. On starting Ty France back after he got hit in the hand with the fastball: “You have to trust your players and ultimately, that’s what I do in those situations.“You’ve gotta move runners along, you’ve gotta make the plays defensively, you don’t want to give up any free bases.” He notes the Mariners have been one of the league’s better teams in that respect as far as not walking hitters and not making errors, and if they keep executing in that way, they’ll be in good shape. Servais says his expectation is this series will be relatively low-scoring, partially because of the pitching and partially because these are two teams who don’t know each other well, so execution will be key if the Mariners want to win.News and notes from Scott Servais’s pregame presser: We know this lineup can hit a fastball can they hit Keller’s various versions of it? The Mariners will be rolling out their lefty-heaviest lineup tonight Kelenic, Trammell, and Cal Raleigh, taking cuts from the left side, were all out for early BP. Preemptively asking the hitters to get Kirby some run support tonight. He’s been among the game’s best at limiting hard contact, so the Mariners are going to have to string together some solid at-bats against the potential Cy Young contender.īut the Mariners will be buffered by their own Cy Young contender, going up against a lineup that’s scuffled some since getting off to a hot start to begin the season. Keller throws three variations on the fastball-a four-seamer, cutter, and sinker-and throws them all frequently, over 20% of the time, rounding out his arsenal with a curveball and a swing-and-miss sweeper. Mitch Keller is maybe the poster child for “development isn’t linear” after struggling to some extent every season since he made his big league debut in 2019, the 27-year-old has put together the breakout season many dreamed on when the Pirates drafted him in the second round in 2014.
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