Ark Angels at Mariners (Played 05/21/2024)
Game 1
Score
Pitcher
Score
Pitcher
Ark Angels
Aaron Ashby
Tanner Bibee
Kyle Bradish
JT Chargois
Kyle Finnegan
Ian Gibaut
Kyle Hendricks
Ben Joyce
Dean Kremer
Jose Leclerc
Michael Lorenzen
Reynaldo Lopez
Tyler Mahle
Andrew Nardi
Bailey Ober
Chris Paddack
JoJo Romero
Gregory Santos
Justin Topa
Framber Valdez
Mariners
Cody Bradford
Emmanuel Clase
Nestor Cortes
Jhoan Duran
Mason Englert
Max Fried
Tyler Glasnow
Michael Grove
James Karinchak
Joe Mantiply
Lance McCullers Jr.
Luis Ortiz
David Peterson
Trevor Rogers
Tyler Rogers
Max Scherzer
Matt Strahm
Julio Urias
Jacob Webb
Ryan Yarbrough
OPENING DAY... and we start with some sad news as the Mariners front office revealed that Nestor Cortes and Rhys Hoskins will miss the entire season due to injuries sustained in the triumphant Game 6 World Series pile on. Max Fried will miss the first half of the 2024 season as well. On to the game - Glasnow vs Framber Valdez. Yordan Alvarez led off the home half of the first with a solo HR to give the M's an early lead. 9 hole hitter Jake Rogers belted a two run bomb for the visitors in the 5th to regain the lead. MJ Melendez doubled in the tying run in the bottom half. E Duran homered in the 7th setting Framber up for an opening day W but his bullpen could not hang on. In the 8th Seager reached on an error, Garver singled and Patrick Wisdom clobbered a Nardi pitch for a three run home run. Clase nailed down an Opening Day save.
Game 2
Score
Pitcher
Score
Pitcher
Ark Angels
Aaron Ashby
Tanner Bibee
Kyle Bradish
JT Chargois
Kyle Finnegan
Ian Gibaut
Kyle Hendricks
Ben Joyce
Dean Kremer
Jose Leclerc
Michael Lorenzen
Reynaldo Lopez
Tyler Mahle
Andrew Nardi
Bailey Ober
Chris Paddack
JoJo Romero
Gregory Santos
Justin Topa
Framber Valdez
Mariners
Cody Bradford
Emmanuel Clase
Nestor Cortes
Jhoan Duran
Mason Englert
Max Fried
Tyler Glasnow
Michael Grove
James Karinchak
Joe Mantiply
Lance McCullers Jr.
Luis Ortiz
David Peterson
Trevor Rogers
Tyler Rogers
Max Scherzer
Matt Strahm
Julio Urias
Jacob Webb
Ryan Yarbrough
Max Muncy clobbered a two run homer off of Luis L Ortiz in the first inning of his first start (welcome to the big leagues kid) and then added a solo shot off the Mariner bullpen which proved to be the margin of victory in this one. He also walked and scored in this game. Save for Topa.
Game 3
Score
Pitcher
Score
Pitcher
Ark Angels
Aaron Ashby
Tanner Bibee
Kyle Bradish
JT Chargois
Kyle Finnegan
Ian Gibaut
Kyle Hendricks
Ben Joyce
Dean Kremer
Jose Leclerc
Michael Lorenzen
Reynaldo Lopez
Tyler Mahle
Andrew Nardi
Bailey Ober
Chris Paddack
JoJo Romero
Gregory Santos
Justin Topa
Framber Valdez
Mariners
Cody Bradford
Emmanuel Clase
Nestor Cortes
Jhoan Duran
Mason Englert
Max Fried
Tyler Glasnow
Michael Grove
James Karinchak
Joe Mantiply
Lance McCullers Jr.
Luis Ortiz
David Peterson
Trevor Rogers
Tyler Rogers
Max Scherzer
Matt Strahm
Julio Urias
Jacob Webb
Ryan Yarbrough
Seems like it is always a tight series between the NABLs cold weather rivals, and that was the case today as we went into extra innings in the rubber game of the series. Lots of scoring chances were squandered along the way to a 2-2 tie. Seager hit a pair of solo homers for NE and Max Muncy hit a ball into the stands in the top of the 9th to force extras (3rd HR of the series). Joey Gallo sent the crowd home happy with a solo HR in the 11th as the Mariners won their first series of the year.