Seattle Mariners 3 up, 3 down for the week ending 5/14
Ed Stein
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A look at the Seattle Mariners best and worst performers for the week ending May 14.
We continue our weekly feature on Pacific Northwest Sports, Seattle Mariners 3 up, 3 down. It tracks those M’s who had a good week and those who had bad ones (Monday-Sunday).
On the schedule from May 8-14, the Seattle Mariners finished a home stand with three games against AL West-leading Texas, had an off day, and then traveled to the Motor City for three against the upstart Tigers.
If the previous week’s 5-1 record was a home run, going 3-3 last week was more like an RBI single. What’s really upsetting is the Mariners could have gone 5-1 again but let a couple of games slip through their fingers.
Seattle is now 20-20, 4.5 games behind Texas and 2.0 back of the New York Yankees for the final American League Wild Card spot.
3 up
This 3 up will be very close to a repeat of last week.
Ty France
In our previous installment, we said Ty France was back to being the Seattle Mariners best hitter and that the power would come. That night, he hit his second dinger of the young season.
France started in all six games, picking up at least one hit in each. That takes his hit streak to 11 games, the fourth most in baseball.
While not as prolific as a week earlier, Seattle’s standout first baseman still had a nice week at the dish. France was 8-for-24, with a home run and 4 RBI.
J.P. Crawford
Business is picking up for the Seattle Mariners middle infielders. Last time, Jose Caballero was part of our 3 up with a .462 batting average and 1.115 OPS.
WhileCaballero had another decent week, J.P. Crawford‘s was better. He sat out the first two games of the week and then benefited from manager Scott Servais’ batting order shuffle.
From the leadoff spot, Crawford went 5-for-16 with a pair of walks in four games. More importantly, he set the table, scoring 5 runs.
Bryce Miller
Bryce Miller may not have started this season in the Majors, but it’s mid-May, and the Seattle Mariners hard throwing righty has put himself in the race for American League Rookie of the Year. Saturday’s seven-inning gem in Detroit was another example of his early dominance
For the second straight outing, Miller allowed no runs. The three hits he yielded to Detroit batters are the most in his short MLB career.
His stat line was 7.0 innings pitched, 3 hits, 0 runs, 3 strikeouts, and 0 walks.