After an Apple TV affair that saw the Mariners combine for three homers - accounting for all five of their runs - and sail to an easy victory in the opening game of the first series of the vaunted Vedder Cup, the Mariners found themselves facing a familiar, difficult foe tonight: Nick Pivetta. Always one to rack up strikeouts, Pivetta feasted on the swing-happy 2024 Mariners on two separate occasions with the Red Sox, punching out twenty and walking just a single Seattle batter over two starts, reaching double-digit Ks in each. With a dismal 1-5 homestand still visible in the rearview mirror, you wouldn’t be at fault if you strapped yourself in for another similar performance on a surprisingly gray San Diego evening.
Mariners play long ball, small ball, snatch series from Padres
