Seattle Mariners Three Stars of 3-2 Week 13
The Seattle Mariners were 3-2 in Week 13. That included taking 2 of 3 from the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox. Here are the M’s 3 Stars of the Week.
The Seattle Mariners went 3-2 in only five games. There were three dominating efforts by three different pitchers. Their bats are waking up as the team batting average improved to .217. It was also a week where the M’s depended on the bullpen due to some unfortunate bad luck and an iffy call by the umpires.
Honorable Mentions
Taylor Trammell – 3 for 7 (.429), .600 OBP, 3 home runs and 4 strikeouts
All three of Taylor’s hits were home runs. He raised his batting average by 14 points from .154 to .168. It’s not great, but it’s improving. Sadly, it was 100 percent or nothing with Trammell. He only put the ball in play three times. In the rest of his plate appearances, he struck out four times, walked twice, and was hit by a pitch. Not a single out was made from his bat. It’s an improvement overall though. Servais seems to be putting the rookie in more situations where he can be successful.
J.P. Crawford – .261 average, ended a season-long 12 game hitting streak.
Crawford has been a batting machine in the month of June (.347 average, .394 OBP, .925 OPS). His batting average and hit totals are among the league leaders for the month of June as well. He’s going to turn in the best month of his career and is batting .327 since moving to the leadoff spot.
Crawford is also one of the few Mariners that benefit from swinging at the first pitch (.361 average, .941 OPS). He’s also batting .360 with runners in scoring position. The M’s shortstop has been absolutely clutch all season.
Mitch Haniger – .272 average (current three-game multiple hit streak, 6 hits in last three games)
Mitch struggled against the Rockies, going 0-8 with two strikeouts. He rebounded nicely in Chicago. Against the White Sox, Haniger registered two hits in each of the games. His double in the final game of the series broke a ChiSox no-hit bid. Then he hit a line drive over the left field wall for a three-run home run to give the Mariners a bit of hope in the top of the seventh.
Haniger didn’t make the next round of the All-Star voting, despite giving plenty of reasons to be voted in. He’s currently on pace for 35 home runs, 90+ RBI, and nearly 100 runs scored. His current streak also indicates that he has broken his slump and might be back to the Haniger we saw early on this season.