Mariners 6, Palms 5

 Wednesday, May 6, 2020 – T-Mobile Park

The Miami Palms’ six-game winning streak came to a halt in Seattle, as the Mariners hung on for a 6–5 victory despite a furious ninth-inning rally from Miami.

Dylan Bundy struggled from the outset, allowing four runs in the first inning on just three hits and three walks. He settled in but lasted only four innings, setting the Palms behind early. “You can’t spot a team four runs in the first and expect to be in control,” manager Scott Hatteberg said. “We clawed back, but the hill was too steep.”

Miami’s offense stayed quiet against Mariners starter Justus Sheffield, who worked eight strong innings. The Palms finally broke through in the seventh when Frank Sohn launched a two-run homer, his third of the year.

In the ninth, down 6–2, Miami made it interesting against reliever Zac Grotz. Wellington Castillo and Yairo Munoz singled, and Jason Roeder reached to set up Pat Grant, who ripped a bases-clearing triple into the right-field corner. cutting the deficit to one. But with the tying run on, Sheffield’s replacement induced a flyout from Matt Wieters to end it.

For Seattle, Kyle Seager and Mallex Smith each homered, while Kevin Pillar chipped in a two-run single.

“Not the ending we wanted, but we showed fight,” said Sohn, who finished 4-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI. “That last inning felt like us—we were never out of it.”

The loss drops Miami to 22–16. The series wraps tomorrow before the Palms return home to Miami.

 Seattle Mariners 6, Miami Palms 5

 Wednesday, May 6, 2020

 

 

 Miami Palms (22-16)                                      Seattle Mariners (1-1)                                  

 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      

 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      

 Sohn rf         5  2  4  2  0  0  3  0  0  0   .302      Smith rf        3  1  1  1  1  0  2  0  0  0   .125

 Holt 2b         4  1  0  0  1  0  0  1  0  0   .239      Span lf         4  1  1  0  0  0  3  0  0  0   .375

 Grant 1b        5  0  1  3  0  0  6  1  0  2   .267      Long, Jr. dh    3  1  1  0  1  1  0  0  0  1   .125

 Wieters c       5  0  0  0  0  1  3  0  0  2   .259      Vogelbach 1b    4  1  1  1  0  0  5  2  0  0   .375

 Markakis lf     3  0  0  0  1  1  3  0  0  2   .296      Seager 3b       3  2  2  1  1  0  1  2  0  0   .500

 Pfaff 3b        4  0  0  0  0  2  1  1  0  1   .222      Crawford ss     4  0  1  1  0  0  1  4  0  2   .250

 Castillo dh     4  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0   .240      Pillar cf       4  0  1  2  0  1  3  0  0  0   .500

 Munoz ss        4  0  3  0  0  1  3  3  0  0   .320      Lucroy c        4  0  1  0  0  1  9  0  0  1   .250

 Roeder cf       2  2  0  0  2  0  4  0  0  1   .000      Gordon 2b       4  0  1  0  0  0  1  2  0  2   .250

 

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---            

 Totals          36 5  9  5  4  6  24 6  0  8             Totals          33 6  10 6  3  3  27 10 0  6  

 

 

                          1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9      R  H  E

                          -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -

 Miami Palms              0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  3      5  9  0  

 Seattle Mariners         4  0  0  0  0  1  1  0         6  10 0  

 

 

 

 LOB- Miami Palms 8, Seattle Mariners 6; 2B- Castillo(5), Vogelbach(1); 3B- Grant(2);

 HR- Sohn(3), Smith(1), Seager(1); RBI- Sohn 2(12), Grant 3(17), Smith(1), Vogelbach(1),

 Seager(1), Pillar 2(2), Crawford(1); GIDP- Smith(1); RLSP- Wieters 2, Markakis,

 Grant, Crawford, Gordon;  

 

 DP- Miami Palms 1;  

  

 

 

 Miami Palms                 IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Bundy(L 1-4)                4.0  3  4  4  3  2    5.77  

 Jeffress                    2.0  4  1  1  0  1    2.35  

 Allen                       1.0  3  1  1  0  0    4.96  

 Conley                      1.0  0  0  0  0  0    3.29  

 

 Seattle Mariners            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Sheffield(W 1-0)            8.0  6  2  2  3  6    2.25  

 Grotz                       1.0  3  3  3  1  0   27.00 

 

 Pitches-strikes- Bundy 53-27, Jeffress 31-18, Allen 17-10, Conley 6-4, Sheffield 101-65,

 Grotz 28-14; Batters faced- Bundy 17, Jeffress 10, Allen 6, Conley 3, Sheffield 33,

 Grotz 7; 


 Temp - 58, Sky - Cloudy, Wind - NE 9MPH 

 

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