After years of the Mariners pushing the “Control the Zone” mentality, it’s been frustrating and a little jarring to watch this team strike out again, and again...and again. Today was no different: Astros starter Hunter Brown is tied for the most swing and misses in baseball tonight, with 17, as he struck out eight hitters in just three innings of work. But that key is three (3) innings: the Mariners hitters, despite striking out a bunch, kept the pressure on Brown from the jump, putting runners on base and running up his pitch count early, getting into the Astros bullpen and ultimately romping to an easy win that featured the Astros throwing a position player against the Mariners in the top of the 8th.
Mariners get gift horse, send it to glue factory, have change of heart and win Kentucky Derby with it
