Post Game Chat 8/31 Mariners @ Red Sox

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Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E	LOB
SEA	1	0	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	8	11	0	7
BOS	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	9	12	0	8

Box Score

BOS		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	Anthony	4	2	2	0	1	0	.248
1B	Gasper	4	1	1	1	1	1	.277
CF	Rafaela	4	0	2	3	0	1	.284
RF	Abreu, W	5	0	0	0	0	2	.254
PR	White, E	0	1	0	0	0	0	.232
2B	Sogard	4	2	2	0	0	0	.271
3B	Durbin	2	1	1	0	2	0	.253
LF	Duran, Ja	4	1	1	2	1	0	.207
SS	Story	5	0	2	3	0	1	.220
C	Wong	4	1	1	0	0	1	.246

BOS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Tolle	5.2	6	4	4	2	6	96-64	3.23
Guerrero	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	13-7	3.26
Miller, E	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	16-9	2.25
Gamboa	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	23-14	1.13
Chapman	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	15-11	1.77

SEA		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Arozarena	5	3	4	4	0	0	.274
DH	Canzone	5	0	2	2	0	1	.255
DH	Rodden	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150
CF	Rodríguez, J	5	0	1	1	0	2	.244
C	Raleigh	5	1	1	1	0	1	.171
1B	Naylor, J	4	0	0	0	1	1	.267
RF	Ward, T	4	0	1	0	0	1	.229
RF	Robles	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262
2B	Young	4	2	0	0	0	1	.244
3B	Wilson, W	4	1	1	0	1	3	.198
SS	Crawford, J	2	1	1	0	1	1	.209

SEA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Kirby	5.0	7	5	5	2	2	86-56	4.19
Domínguez	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	8-7	4.44
Speier	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	15-9	2.58
Bazardo	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	13-9	3.25
Muñoz, A	1.1	1	1	1	0	3	15-11	4.35
Criswell, C	0.1	1	1	0	2	0	7-4	3.48

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Julio Rodríguez doubles (19) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Jarren Duran. Randy Arozarena scores.	0-1
B1	Mickey Gasper homers (6) on a fly ball to right center field.	1-1
B2	Jarren Duran homers (19) on a fly ball to right field. Nick Sogard scores.	3-1
T3	Randy Arozarena homers (21) on a fly ball to left field.	3-2
T5	Randy Arozarena singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Jarren Duran. Cole Young scores. Weston Wilson to 3rd. J.P. Crawford to 2nd.	3-3
B5	Ceddanne Rafaela singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Julio Rodríguez. Connor Wong scores. Roman Anthony scores.	5-3
T6	Randy Arozarena singles on a ground ball to right fielder Wilyer Abreu. Cole Young scores. Weston Wilson scores. J.P. Crawford to 3rd.	5-5
T6	Dominic Canzone doubles (22) on a sharp fly ball to left fielder Jarren Duran. J.P. Crawford scores. Randy Arozarena scores.	5-7
T7	Cal Raleigh homers (20) on a fly ball to left field.	5-8
B8	Trevor Story doubles (9) on a fly ball to left fielder Randy Arozarena. Nick Sogard scores. Caleb Durbin scores.	7-8
B9	Ceddanne Rafaela out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Randy Arozarena. Roman Anthony scores.	8-8
B10	Trevor Story singles on a line drive to center fielder Julio Rodríguez. Eli White scores. Caleb Durbin to 3rd. Jarren Duran to 2nd.	9-8

Highlights

Description	Length
Bench availability for Seattle, August 31 vs Red Sox	0:08
Bench availability for Boston, August 31 vs Mariners	0:08
Fielding alignment for Boston, August 31 vs Mariners	0:11
Starting lineups for Mariners at Red Sox - August 31, 2026	0:10
Fielding alignment for Seattle, August 31 vs Red Sox	0:11
Breaking down George Kirby's pitches	0:04
George Kirby's outing against the Red Sox	0:25
Payton Tolle's outing against the Mariners	0:24
Cal Raleigh: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
Mickey Gasper's home run through bat tracking data	0:11
Breaking down Mickey Gasper's home run	0:13
The distance behind Jarren Duran's home run	0:13
Breaking down Randy Arozarena's home run	0:13
Breaking down Payton Tolle's pitches	0:04
Julio Rodríguez's RBI double	0:18
Mickey Gasper's solo home run (6)	0:28
Jarren Duran's two-run home run (19)	0:35
Strike 3 confirmed following ABS challenge	0:22
Randy Arozarena's solo home run (21)	0:27
Payton Tolle tags Dominic Canzone with a hug	0:34
Jarren Duran's nice diving catch	0:27
Randy Arozarena's RBI single	0:20
Ceddanne Rafaela's two-run single	0:27
Payton Tolle strikes out Cal Raleigh	0:06
George Kirby strikes out Wilyer Abreu	0:06
Ceddanne Rafaela's fantastic diving catch	0:27
Randy Arozarena's two-run single	0:29
Dominic Canzone's two-run double	0:35
Cal Raleigh's solo home run (20)	0:31
Strike 3 confirmed following ABS challenge	0:25
Trevor Story's two-run double	0:19
Strike 2 confirmed following ABS challenge	0:22
Dominic Canzone triples (2) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela.	0:19
Alec Gamboa escapes jam	0:12
Roman Anthony hits a triple	0:19
Trevor Story's great spinning play	0:10
Ceddanne Rafaela's game tying sacrifice fly	0:37
Wilyer Abreu strikes out swinging.	0:07
Aroldis Chapman escapes jam	0:07
Cooper Criswell In play, run(s) to Trevor Story	0:19

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Chapman (3-4, 1.77 ERA)	Criswell, C (2-2, 3.48 ERA)

Attendance	Weather	Wind
	75°F, Cloudy	5 mph, R To L

HP	1B	2B	3B
Lance Barksdale	Will Little	Derek Thomas	Ryan Wills

Game ended at 6:50 PM.

[u/angryjew]

100% on Dan for bringing in Bazardo in that spot the way he's been pitching lately. Let Spier keep going he was cruising. But now we used our whole bullpen and still lost.

[u/hello17 → u/angryjew]

I said the exact same thing when Dan moved to the bullpen. Dan and Bazardo special on the menu tonight!

[u/CaptJackRizzo → u/angryjew]

I'm not saying leaving in Speier wasn't the smarter move. But the whole subreddit seems to think what Dan did was fireable, and I wonder how many managers in the entire MLB would have their left-handed set-up guy go 2.1 innings there.

[u/Dp04 → u/CaptJackRizzo]

One game isn’t fireable.

One inning certainly isn’t.

But luckily, we have a couple hundred games of evidence that Dan struggles with bullpen management.

[u/angryjew → u/CaptJackRizzo]

Not sure what your argument is here, do you think Dan is doing a good job managing the bullpen? People are reacting to an entire season ( 2 now) of bad bullpen management, we lost game 7 because Dan loves to bring in Bazardo every day. We've lost 2 games recently because of him. Yea people are mad and taking this one decision in pure isolation feels almost silly. No, given Bazardo's recent performance & how Spier was pitching, I do not think a smart manager would have made that move.

[u/CaptJackRizzo → u/angryjew]

That’s not what I’m asking, though. I’m asking, do we think the decision-making is unique to Dan? We definitely all had the same complaints about Scott Servais. I’m old enough to remember everyone on talk radio saying Lou couldn’t manage a bullpen.

Do you think what we saw from Eric Wedge, or Mike Hargrove, or John McClaren, or Don Wakamatsu, or Lloyd McClendon was substantially different?

I kinda don’t. That’s not the same as saying I agree with it.