After getting back in the win column with a high-flying victory last night, the Mariners promptly squandered that goodwill with a sorry showing against the Nationals, playing some sloppy baseball that resulted in a 6-0 loss and another ding to their AL West lead, which is now down to a fully-Ozempic’d half of a game.
It’s reasonable to expect some rust from George Kirby as he gets back to games on the biggest stage, but it’s still tough to have a spring training game played in late May, which is what this looked like. Kirby had a great first inning, setting down the side in order with two strikeouts, but struggled after that.