By Liz Alper
Photo courtesy @Padres on Twitter
May 31, 2016 (Seattle) - A Tuesday matinee? It's more likely than you think! James Shields got the start today against Hisashi Iwakuma for Seattle.
The Mariners got the ball rolling--literally--in the first with Kyle Seager’s line drive single that scored Robinson Cano to take a 1-0 lead.
In the second, Shields walked Cano with the bases loaded. Luis Sardinas was walked in and the Mariners led 2-0. Nelson Cruz singled, scoring two and the Mariners went up 4-0. As if that weren’t bad enough, Seager launched a three-run homer and the Mariners’ lead was extended to a touchdown, 7-0.
In the third, the Mariners extended their lead to double digits with former Padre Seth Smith’s three-run homer to make the score 10-0.
In the fourth, Seattle got another homer thanks to Franklin Gutierrez and the Mariners took a 12-0 lead.
Smith added another solo shot in the fifth and the Mariners went up 13-0. That was Smith’s sixth home run of the season. Why not more home runs? Adam Lind hit his sixth of the season, a three-run bomb to center to give the Mariners a 16-0 lead.
The Padres DID get on the board in the sixth with Travis Jankowski’s two-run homer and the score was 16-2, so this game wasn’t completely hopeless. Matt Kemp homered also and the score was 16-3.
Hector Sanchez homered in the seventh to cut the Mariners’ lead to 16-4. The slaughter finally ended and the Mariners took game two.
The Mariners are coming to Petco for the second half of the home-and-home. Game three is tomorrow night at 7:10. King Felix Hernandez will start for the Mariners against Christian Friedrich.
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