When I was a kid, my mom used to warn me before we went in a store that she didn’t want to get nickel-and-dimed, a confusing mental image for a kid: I didn’t want nickels and dimes, I wanted a Barbie doll. And maybe a candy bar. And a hair ribbon. Oh, and...
Today the Mariners got nickel-and-dimed by the Astros, watching a three-run advantage shrink away as the offense failed to score outside of two innings, a frustrating theme from this series. Another frustrating theme from this series: the Astros continually making contact, chewing into starters’ pitch counts with singles and foul balls extending counts and innings.