The Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox on Monday night 8-4 and manager Scott Servais played a huge role in the game - on both sides. We examine here.
delivered a thrilling victory on Monday night, beating the Chicago White Sox 8-4 on a walk-off grand slam by Cal Raleigh.
It was among the most improbable wins of the M's season, as Seattle trailed 4-0 after seven innings and had nothing going against White Sox' hurler Erick Fedde. Seattle is now 38-30 on the year and leads the American League West by 5.5 games over the Texas Rangers. While Raleigh's grand slam will get a lot of the attention out of the victory, the impact of manager Scott Servais can't be ignored either. Servais made a potentially fatal managerial blunder and then made a game-saving decision that led the M's to the win. We examine both below.This game was tied at 0-0 in the top of the sixth inning. In that inning, White Sox' catcher Korey Lee led off with a double. After two outs, Luis Robert Jr.
Servais elected to pitch to Robert Jr. and the righty deposited a Logan Gilbert fastball in the upper deck, giving the White Sox a 2-0 lead.Yes, Gilbert is a good pitcher who shouldn't be afraid of good hitters. Yes, the pitch that Robert Jr. hit out wasn't bad. Yes, Robert has been struggling since coming off the injured list. Yes, Gilbert got to two strikes on him. Absolutely none of that matters. Robert Jr.
Gavin Sheets, who was hitting behind Robert Jr., is now hitting .242 for the season. You have to make HIM beat you, but you can't allow Robert Jr. to do it. He hits the homer and gives the White Sox a 2-0 lead, which could have been enough to win them the game and lose it for Seattle.As potentially catastrophic as that was, Servais saved the game for Seattle in the bottom of the eighth inning. Trailing 4-1, Raleigh was called out on strikes with the bases loaded and one out.
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