A BAD DAY ONLY GETS WORSE FOR PADRES

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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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