Gilbert allows just one baserunner as Mariners beat Padres for sixth straight win

Baseball
Published 09.08.2023
Gilbert allows just one baserunner as Mariners beat Padres for sixth straight win

SEATTLE (AP) — Logan Gilbert struck out a career-high 12 in seven innings of one-hit ball and the Seattle Mariners gained their sixth straight, 2-0 over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday evening.

Gilbert retired 21 of the 22 batters he confronted, yielding solely an infield single to Xander Bogaerts within the second inning. Star middle fielder Julio Rodriguez aided Gilbert (10-5) by robbing Fernando Tatis Jr. of a possible homer with a leaping catch on the wall.

Seattle (61-52) has gained 11 of 13 and pulled inside two video games of Toronto for the third and closing AL wild-card spot. San Diego misplaced its third straight.

“Pitching and defense wins a lot of games, and we are witnessing some awesome pitching right now,” Mariners supervisor Scott Servais stated. “Logan took it to a different stage tonight towards a extremely formidable lineup.

“It doesn’t get much better.”

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Gilbert gained his fifth consecutive choice and retired the ultimate 17 batters he confronted whereas expertly mixing his 4 pitches. The 26-year-old right-hander struck out six of his closing seven batters.

It was Gilbert’s second time dominating the Padres in as many outings this season. He restricted San Diego to 1 run and three hits in seven innings on June 6.

“(He did) everything,” Padres supervisor Bob Melvin stated. “Elevated breaking balls, splits late, off-count sliders. It’s probably the best game he’s pitched all year.”

Rodriguez took away a number of potential hits in middle area, together with his theft of Tatis’ deep drive main off the fourth.

After making the catch, Rodriguez walked casually again from the wall and saved the ball hidden in his glove as Tatis rounded the bases. Many followers thought it was a homer till Rodriguez finally opened his glove to disclose the ball.

Tatis smiled in disbelief, whereas Rodriguez turned to his “No Fly Zone” cheering part in middle area and made a celebratory “X” together with his arms.

“He’s just he’s a special talent,” Servais stated. “We’ve been spoiled here in Seattle. There was another center fielder here for a long, long time that could do those types of things.”

Rodriguez additionally made a diving catch of Garrett Cooper’s shallow line drive within the third and ran down Jake Cronenworth’s liner to the left-center area hole within the fifth.

“He covers so much ground every direction, like you saw tonight,” Gilbert stated. “He will get a ton of credit score, rightfully so, for his bat and his velocity and the whole lot he does offensively.

“But having him out there in center is a big difference maker. And you see it night in and night out.”

Canadian Matt Brash struck out Trent Grisham with runners on the corners within the eighth and Andres Munoz labored the ninth to choose up his sixth save, concluding a three-hitter for Seattle.

“We’re rolling,” Servais stated. “The team is feeling it. The vibe is there. This is really fun to watch.”

Scott Barlow (2-5) allowed a one-out stroll within the fifth and was relieved by Ray Kerr. With two outs, Cal Raleigh labored a 3-1 rely and drew a bases-loaded stroll on Kerr’s pitch-clock violation to place the Mariners forward 1-0.

Dylan Moore added an RBI triple with two outs within the sixth. His liner to middle area deflected off the glove of the leaping Grisham and introduced dwelling Tom Murphy.

Nick Martinez opened with three scoreless innings for the Padres, taking injured starter Joe Musgrove’s spot within the rotation for the second straight time.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Seattle positioned rookie RHP Bryan Woo (proper forearm irritation) on the 15-day injured checklist retroactive to Saturday. The 23-year-old felt extra sore than typical after his final begin on Thursday. “No real concerns, but abundance of caution,” common supervisor Justin Hollander stated.

ROSTER MOVES

Padres: OF Jose Azocar was recalled after spending the previous two months with Triple-A El Paso. INF Matthew Batten was optioned to El Paso.

Mariners: RHP Matt Festa was designated for task, RHP Ryder Ryan was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma and RHP Ryan Jensen was claimed off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.

UP NEXT

Padres: RHP Yu Darvish (8-7, 4.41 ERA) begins Wednesday evening within the finale of the two-game collection. He threw eight shutout innings of two-hit ball the final time he confronted Seattle, on Sept. 13, 2022.

Mariners: RHP Emerson Hancock, the membership’s high pitching prospect, is predicted to be promoted from Double-A Arkansas to make his main league debut rather than the injured Woo. Hancock was the No. 6 total decide within the 2020 novice draft.