Mariners Game #36 Preview: 5/7, in Sacramento
A beautiful day for a ballgame
The rubber match of the Mariners’ first trip to Sacramento features a great pitching matchup.
Bryan Woo loved pitching in the ballpark closest to where he grew up in Alameda, California. Over three starts at the Colisseum, Woo allowed just two runs over 16 innings, with 18 strikeouts. Will that dominance follow to the A’s new home?
Baseball’s lesser Gunnar H takes the slab for the Athletics. One time headliner of the return in Oakland’s trade of Matt Chapman to Toronto, Hoglund made his MLB debut in Miami last week, wherein he struck out seven over six innings of one-run ball.
Lineups
Randy Arozarena returns to defensive duty in left and Leody Taveras makes his Mariners debut in right. The A’s shake things up, with the hot-hitting Jacob Wilson moving to the leadoff spot.
Game Info
First pitch: 12:35 PT
TV: Wherever you ROOT, whether that’s on the cable channel, the MLB TV package, or the brand new ROOT Sports app
Radio: Ol’ reliable
This Day in Mariners History
- 1991: Emilio Pagan is born, fitting because many years later, the Mariners traded him to the Athletics for Ryon Healy.
- 1999: Mac Suzuki faces the Yankees’ Hideki Irabu, the first match-up of Japanese-born starting pitchers in MLB history. It doesn’t go great for Seattle, although Edgar hit a double.