That game did not go as well as I had hoped.
For a season less than two weeks old, there have been some intense ups and downs: The highs have seemed limitless, the lows bottomless. And somehow, just when you think they've hit their stride, the Mariners come up short.
Losing is no fun, but today wasn't all bad. Iwakuma pitched 7.0 innings in his longest outing this season, and Kyle Seager reached base and Steve Clevenger got a hit (low bar, I know). There are some issues to be worked on, but this loss by no means indicates that we're about to repeat last week's hemorrhaging.