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Mariners log: M’s suffer more setbacks as Seattle falls hard at Detroit

Detroit Tigers’ James McCann safely beats the tag of Seattle Mariners catcher Mike Zunino during the fifth inning. (Carlos Osorio / Associated Press)
By Whitney Ogden whitneyo@spokesman.com(509) 481-1067

EVAN MARSHALL GIVES UP NINE RUNS, SEVEN EARNED, IN ONE INNING

What happened: The Seattle Mariners’ road woes continued on Tuesday in a 19-9 loss at the Detroit Tigers.

The M’s were searching for a hero after losing Felix Hernandez early in the game. They looked to right-hander Evan Marshall to clean up the Mariners defensively in the fifth. Instead, Marshall gave up six hits and issued two walks, one intentional, that gave the Tigers a staggering 12-run lead.

James Pazos, who came in for an inning in the eighth, was the only pitcher of the night to allow no hits or runs.

Seattle’s biggest setback came almost immediately when Mariners ace Felix Hernandez left the game after just two innings with a “dead arm.” He was shortly followed by Mitch Haniger, who walked off the field in the third inning after straining his oblique on a hit.

Seattle manager Scott Servais said Hernandez didn’t feel any immediate pain in his arm. He was sent back to Seattle for an evaluation.

The Mariners didn’t confirm the severity of Haniger’s injury immediately after the game.

Line Outs

  • SS Jean Segura didn’t immediately came out strong in his first night back on the field in two weeks. He started Mariners with a grounder to left field off the first pitch of the game to land him safely on first.
  • Sluggers Robinson Cano and Nelson Cruz brought the bats in the first but they couldn’t find the holes in the outfield. They each flied out, but managed to get Segura home for Seattle’s first run of the night.
  • Reliever Chris Heston took over for Felix Hernandez, who earned all four runs in two innings. He left the field after the second with a shoulder tightness.
  • OF Mitch Haniger also left the field in the third. It wasn’t clear until after the game that Haniger strained his oblique in the middle of his single to center.
  • Detroit carried out five straight hits in the fifth, beginning with Andrew Romine’s single to right field.
  • Reliever Evan Marshall jumped in for Heston in the middle of the fifth. Marshall allowed nine runs in the remainder of the inning, seven earned.
  • The Mariners were too hopeful and kept Marshall in for another inning. The sixth proved to be less disastrous than the prior inning – Marshall escaped with only a single and a walk.
  • Cano narrowed Detroit’s lead to single digits again with a sacrifice fly in eighth to send Mike Zunino home.
  • OF Mikie Mahtook caps off the Tigers’ four-homer night with a two-run home run that landed in the nearly empty left-field stands.

Players of the Game

Hero: Jean Segura. In his first game back in two weeks, the shortstop notched three hits in six at-bats and drove in three runs for the Mariners.

Goat: Evan Marshall. Allowed nine runs in one inning. One dreadful, cringe-worthy inning.

Mariners Notes

Felix Hernandez gave up four runs and six hits in two innings, his worst start of the year. He also walked two after allowing only one one walk in 24 2/3 innings…The nine runs allowed in the fifth inning were two short of the club record. The Mariners allowed 11 runs in a single inning on four occasions – once in 1983, another in 1984 and twice in 2000.

Next Game

Seattle Mariners (8-13) vs. Miami Marlins (11-8) on Tuesday at 4:10 p.m. at Safeco Field. LHP James Paxton (2-0, 1.78 ERA) vs. LHP Daniel Norris (1-1, 3.71 ERA)