Despite a Mitch Haniger three run homer with their backs against the wall, the Seattle Mariners were forced to settle for a mere two out of three in their tiny Midwest road trip against the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox. The seven inning game was a semi-planned bullpen game, with Marco Gonzales on paternity leave and the organizational thinning in the high minors leaving the M’s in a tough spot. It all added up to an unsurprising 7-5 loss Sunday afternoon.
Tough spots make for tough spot starts like the one Robert Dugger provided, failing to work three full innings and yielding a pair of earned runs (three total) and a slew of hard contact before the B-team of the bullpen took a crack at things.