Royals, Mariners offense kick down Logan Gilbert’s sandcastle, Mariners lose 2-4

Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty ImagesThe thing about the way the Mariners have been skating through this season with historically great pitching and subpar offense is it’s extremely nerve-wracking to watch. The starting pitcher carefully builds a beautiful sandcastle inning by inning, while opposing hitters attempt to lap away at its foundation like the endless roll of the tide. This is standard. Except also, the starting pitcher has to also fend off his own offense, who steadfastly refuse to provide anything in the way of reinforcements. Tonight was another such carefully-constructed gem thrown by the starting pitcher left to wither in the benign neglect of the offense, as the Mariners yet again squandered an excellent start by Logan Gilbert en route to a 2-4 loss.

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