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Mariners drop series opener to Red Sox, 0-2

Red Sox 2, Mariners 0

In a vacuum, this loss wouldn’t be so hard to take: Cole Young, .164 WPA

But mannnnnn this game sucked: Julio Rodríguez, -.301 WPA; Cal Raleigh, -.200 WPA

Game thread comment of the day:

I know being a sports fan means suffering through a lot more losing than winning, but boy oh boy, the Mariners really like to put the “pain” in “pain quotidien”