Well that road trip...could have gone better. But the Mariners return home for a weeklong homestand including a much-needed off-day, and what’s even better is they get a revved-up Jarred Kelenic back to zhuzh up a team that looks, well, pretty pooped. Too pooped to pop, as my grandmother would have said. Also too pooped to pop, apparently: Shohei Ohtani, who is a late scratch from tonight’s game as he continues to deal with an oblique injury.
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New day. Let’s get it. pic.twitter.com/TrJAUCf8Mm
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) September 11, 2023
In addition to the scratched Ohtani, you’ll also notice the absence of Mariner-killer Luis Rengifo, who is out for the remainder of the season with a torn biceps tendon.