{"id":31007,"date":"2022-07-31T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T08:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mariners-beat-astros-5-4-but-send-five-players-to-the-doctors-office\/"},"modified":"2022-07-31T08:00:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T08:00:52","slug":"mariners-beat-astros-5-4-but-send-five-players-to-the-doctors-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mariners-beat-astros-5-4-but-send-five-players-to-the-doctors-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariners beat Astros 5-4, but send five players to the doctor’s office"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Mariners scored three runs in the first inning tonight, but not without putting their bodies on the line. It began, of course, with a Ty France hit by a pitch, as is tradition.<\/p>\n
Kyle Lewis then got on behind France, and they both managed to score runs, but given the state of their knees, I’m using the word \u201crun\u201d loosely. With the score already 2-0, Framber let another one get away from him.<\/p>\n
Adam Frazier drove in the Mariners third run of the inning, which raised Valdez’s ERA against the Mariners by 0.56 in a single inning.<\/p>\n
Having put his body on the line, we assumed it was a toe injury that caused Jesse Winker to replace Dylan Moore. Midway through the game, we’d learn that the utilityman\/thirst-trap-setter was actually taken out for back spasms. According to Ryan Divish<\/a>, DMo’s been dealing with these spasms for a few days, and \u201cit locked up on him.\u201d This doesn’t sound super serious, but he is likely unavailable tomorrow.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, as eventful as that first inning was, Valdez cruised through the Mariners lineup over the next six innings, getting his curveball under control and complementing it with his sinker that gets more run that any two-seamer this side of George Kirby. I’m giving a special commendation to JP Crawford though, for getting one of the two more hits that Valdez would give up, both beating the shift and making Alex Bregman eat it with the same swing.<\/p>\n