g36 | great game, tough loss

Mariners 6 | Orioles 7

This is the kind of game that would have been exhilarating to win and it was pretty crushing to lose.  I was only able to watch the last (13th) inning but heard other bits and pieces on the radio.  There were SIX lead changes and THREE plays at the plate (tow O's - one in the 9th and one in the 13th and one M, in the 12th)

First of all, congratulations to Mike Wilson!  
He entered his first big league game as a pinch hitter in the 7th.  He popped up and then struck out in his first two AB's but then made an awesome throw to get a runner at the plate in the 9th that kept the game tied at FIVE.  In the top of the 13th his first major league hit would also be his first major league RBI - a broken bat single (and yes - he got both the ball AND the broken bat to send home to mom to put in the trophy case).

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The "other" Michael had a nice outing ~ 6IP - 7H - 3ER - 1BB - 6K  
The M's were trailing 2-3 when he exited after the 6th having thrown 100 pitches - 72 for strikes and 21 of 26 first pitch strikes.

The bullpen had their ups and downs...

• The ups:  Pauley, Laffey and Ray combined for five innings, six hits, four walks, four strikeouts and NO runs (including a bases-loaded strikeout from, Chris Ray!).
• The downs:  Wright and League each, uncharacteristically, giving up two runs and Brandon recorded his first blown save of the season.

Granted SIX runs in THIRTEEN innings isn't a ton, but...

• Michael finally broke through w/ TWO hits (breaking an 0'fer 26) and he scored TWO runs.
• Jack Cust also had TWO hits and his customary walk.
• Justin (from his bran-new #3 hole) had an RBI single with two outs to tie the game in the 9th
• In fact, the FOURTEEN hits were distributed evenly up and down the line up with every batter, with the exception of Peguero, recording at least ONE hit, including FOUR doubles and a homer (Adam)

Defensively...

• The play of the game already described above :-)
• There were also TWO double plays
• But there were TWO infield plays (Jack and Brendan) that probably SHOULD have been made that weren't in the 13th

Apparently, there was a bit of a 'dust up'...

After Justin fielded a soft grounder, Pie bumped into him (presumably to try to jar the ball loose).  Justin didn't take kindly to this and the benches briefly cleared.  A couple of tweets on the topic...

StoneLarry Larry Stone  Benches clear after Felix Pie rams into Smoak, who was holding the ball after fielding a slow grounder up line. Order was quickly restored.

TheDA53 David aardsma #felixpie you don't want a piece of #smoke = you lose