Hancock then got a swinging strikeout from Tucker Bradley and looked poised to get out of the inning, but MLB vet Jorge Bonifacio instead smacked a two-run homer off young Emerson, bringing the score to a tight 6-4. His second inning of work was more adventurous: after opening the frame with a called strike three, Morgan McCullough snuck a single up the middle. Hancock walked his first batter on five pitches but then got a double play and a groundout to quickly close up the inning. #SeaUsRise /9WkrWCCNAu- Seattle Mariners March 14, 2023Įmerson Hancock pitched two innings in this game, somewhat unevenly. New Royals reliever Mike Mayers was greeted by Zach DeLoach with a line drive base hit, who was then brought home when Kelenic scorched this ball down the right field line: Spring’s best hyped storyline got another boost today as Jarred Kelenic checked in with another RBI extra-base hit. He also hit a flyout that Dave Sims was convinced was going to be a home run. Zach DeLoach walked to load the bases with one out and then Kolten Wong delivered, working a full count before hitting a nice clean line drive single to score two. The Mariners got on the board against Brad Keller in the second Cooper Hummel collected yet another hit, followed by a Colin Moran base hit. He also issued no free passes while striking out six. Gilbert did give up another run, on back-to-back doubles as Kyle Isbel attacked a first-pitch fastball for a double followed by a double off the bat of Eaton, but that was the extent of the damage over his four innings of work. This one didn't count for an out as it got away from Tom Murphy. Divish has a thread of Gilbert’s various strikeouts from today what’s especially nice is I count at least three different pitches he’s collecting strikeouts on here. Gilbert would surrender a run on a line drive base hit off the bat of Maikel Garcia, scoring a runner who shouldn’t have been there in the first place, but then finish up the first with a called strike three on a breaking ball on the outside corner to Nick Loftin. Where’s the fix for that, Manfred? He would then steal second while Gilbert went to 3-0 on Edward Olivares, but he Logan bounced back to strike out Olivares on a fastball. Logan Gilbert opened his day with a strikeout of Nate Eaton, but Eaton would then reach on a dropped third strike, aka my least favorite play in baseball. Here are your highlights, then, such as they are: Today’s game was an untelevised affair, which is too bad because a) it was an 8-6 Mariners win over the red-hot Royals b) Logan Gilbert struck out six batters, a spring high for him, and apparently featured his splitter quite a bit c) catcher Jacob Nottingham hit an inside-the-park home run, the peak of spring training silliness. 824 (!), over a hundred points higher than the next-closest team (LAD) and blowing the leaders of the Grapefruit League (TOR. I know we don’t care about Cactus League standings, but it’s still pretty impressive that the Kansas City Royals have won 14 games this spring while only losing three-that’s a winning percentage of.
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