g96 | wasted opportunity

Mariners 5 | Blue Jays 6 (14)

Due to the combination of the early start and company for dinner, I only caught an inning here and there on the radio.

If I told you the M's scored 5 runs in the first two innings (including homers by Brendan and Greg) and that before it was over, the M's would tally 4 walks and 14 hits (including 3-hits each for Brendan and Mike Carp and 2-hits for Dustin) and that Michael Pineda gave up two runs in the 1st but go on to pitch 5 scoreless innings after that, you would likely assume that the Mariners won.  And, your assumption would be incorrect.

Not only did they lose, they lost after 14 innings.  But first, Michael fell apart in the 7th, giving up a single a walk and a double.  His immediate relief was no help, Aaron and Chris gave up a run apiece before the third out was recorded.  Where the bats shone for once, the defense and base running left a LOT to be desired - Figgy and Olivo both committed errors and Figgy was picked off 1B and Mike Carp was caught stealing 3B.  In the bottom of the 14th, Mariner killer, Rajai Davis (inserted in the 9th as a pinch-runner) got a base knock, stole 2B, stole 3B and scored the winning run on a fly ball.

At least some of the bullpen guys got some work (nice to see David go 3-scoreless) and the bats just may be finally coming around a bit, but this one was hard - because they had it in had and beat themselves.