Mariners use daring new homerun hitting strategy to defeat Orioles 2-1

Dunn was a zone with a stamp size from Ryan Wills, the referee at home, and was sharp as he had been on more than five strong innings, hitting six and walking just two. Honestly, Dunn would probably have been able to collect a few extra heats if it had not been for the insane zone, which was especially up top, and Dunn’s high fast ball eliminated as the said strike. However, the young sharpener adapted and fought back, with his most impressive innings the fourth, where he struck out the side on three extraordinarily ugly swings:

Of the twenty batsmen he faced, Dunn struck 15 of the first casualties, and with that lead he was able to keep himself ahead in the score and continue behind the batsmen with aggression – or as Dunn put it in his interview after the match described, ‘here it is, hit it. ‘

It was an exciting look at the kind of nasty pitcher Dunn promised to be, and the sharpest he had seen at the league level. Fingers crossed he carries it forward in his next start.

Once again, the Mariners offense was slow; their two lone runs came on two solo shots. The first was Dylan Moore, who continued the momentum of his base hit in Game One:

Dylan Moore to get back in shape would literally help so much for this series. Please let this be the beginning of something good for him. I miss our slender prince who defies physics and makes surprisingly loud noises with his bat.

The Mariners’ other run comes from who else, Mitch Haniger. This baby walked 412 feet and came down at 109.7 mph from the bat, an almost mirror image of his home race from Game 1. The Comeback Player of the Year campaign rumbles incessantly.

Fun fact: with the second home game, Mitch Haniger became the first Marine ever to play out of the lead spot in both games of a double header. Mitch has been so good so far this season that other stores are already proposing different trade to obtain the slugger, to which I say: Hands off our Mitch! At least until there is at least one (1) other capable victim in the series to replace him.

Unfortunately, two runs were just about all that this series could put together offensively, meaning Will Vest and Keynan Middleton were tasked with defending a one-run lead. Vest was first, who came in for Justin Dunn after walking his first batter in the sixth inning and therefore immediately had to settle some traffic on the base. No problem for Vest, who, did you know, is a former shortstop?

This is a good response from Vest, although the unsung hero here is JP Crawford, who cuts hard to the first base to make the game and has to turn his feet and move his whole body momentum to the second to get the ball in team. Nice, pretty dirty.

Keynan Middleton came to close the door and made us a little nervous when he danced in the pull zone but then sat down and also found his good good speed ball.

He also found the time to feast on the game of Angels fans, that is the energy we would like to see. Speak your shit, Key. FIRST PLACE BAYBEEEEEE!