Flexen was roughed up for eight runs in less than two innings in the Mariners’ 16-1 loss to the San Diego Padres on Friday night at Petco Park.

Four Seattle relievers were placed on the COVID-19 injured list Friday after the Mariners reported a positive test within the team.

The Mariners are shaking up their catching situation.

Tarik Skubal struck out a career-high nine in his first win of the season, Harold Castro drove in three runs and the Detroit Tigers beat the Seattle Mariners 6-2.

SEATTLE – It’s not just the two no-hitters against them (at home, no less) in the span of 13 days, though that’s bad enough.

SEATTLE – Remember two days ago when temperatures were in the mid- to high 70s, the days were sun-drenched and the Mariners were getting accumulating hits and winning games, three in row to be exact vs. the Cleveland Indians, including a surprising defeat of the reigning American League Cy Young award winner Shane Bieber.

As Marco Gonzales threw pitches in the T-Mobile Park bullpen while the rest of the team was preparing for Monday’s pregame workout, the possibility of the Mariners finally having a full complement of starting pitchers for their six-man rotation seemed like more than a hope.

The task requested was the equivalent of cleaning your bathroom or paying your license plate tabs — required but highly unenjoyable.

Similar to the win on Friday night, which was also by 7-3, Seattle picked up a quick first-inning run off Cleveland starter Triston McKenzie to set an early tone.

This Mariners’ rebuild so far has played better in theory, in Jerry Dipoto’s vivid accounts of its potential, and in daydreams of the hoped-for payoff at an indistinct point in the future, than it has in reality.

Prized prospect Jarred Kelenic made his first major league hit memorable with a two-run homer and later added a pair of doubles, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 7-3 win over the Cleveland Indians.