Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais explains a few key reasons for the Mariners' offensive struggles.
SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners have struck out 11 or more times in eight consecutive games and have gone 2-6 during that stretch. The lineup has shifted several times over that span to try and solve the offensive woes, but it has yet to work. Mariners' manager Scott Servais expanded on some of main things that have been plaguing his lineup in a pregame interview before Thursday's series finale against the Baltimore Orioles.
"It comes down to — we got to get the ball in play more consistently and certainly early in counts," Servais said. "I think we have a pretty good feel of how have pitched us this series. It's a lot of slow stuff early in counts, been landing them for strikes. And from there you're kind of swimming uphill, or upstream I should say."
"One of our issues this year, throughout the entire season, has been our inability to get the ball in play early in counts," Servais said. "We foul off a lot of pitches that are very hittable pitches. ... All of the sudden, you look up and now you're in an enormous amount of two-strike counts, which will lead to more strikeouts. I think it's something we're addressing. We had a meeting about it .
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