Mariners get homework done right away so they can play outside all night, win 3-1

After a disappointing series split with Washington on the heels of an even more disappointing series loss to the lowly A’s, the Mariners needed to come out strong against the Cleveland Guardians as they open a four-game set with heavy postseason implications. Also, it was a YouTube game, meaning the eyes of a national audience were turned towards the Northwest. Thankfully, the weather showed up, and so did the Mariners, with a 3-1 win.

It didn’t look like things would be starting off well, though. The Mariners fell behind quickly in the first when Cleveland made a lot of hard contact off of Marco Gonzales immediately. This does not look like the start to a promising outing:

Thankfully, Marco…