MLB: Venezuelan Mariners catcher climbs the mound and makes history never seen in the club

This penultimate day of the regular season was always going to be a headache for the Seattle Mariners. When the revised schedule was released after the lockout was lifted in March, resulting in a delay to the start and end of the regular season, manager Scott Servais had a hunch that a nine-day stretch with 10 games would lead to a hopeful postseason appearance would hamper his roster, particularly pitching-wise.

Such was the case in a 7-6, 10-inning victory over the Detroit Tigers in the opener of Tuesday’s doubleheader at T-Mobile Park, which forced Servais to use wide receiver Luis Torrens. on the mound once the game got to the bonus chapters:

Fortunately for Servais, Canada’s Abraham Toro finished the 10th with a sacrifice fly to drive in Carlos Santana.who had previously hit a game-tying RBI single to drive in Venezuelan automatic runner Eugenio Suarez.

In addition to the stress of drawing arms, the win gave the Mariners some clarity on their postseason destination, which will be Toronto for the AL Wild Card Series beginning Friday. With Tampa Bay’s rain-shortened 6-0 loss in Boston, the Mariners clinched the No. 5 seed, a day after the Blue Jays clinched the No. 4 seed and home-court advantage for the best-of-match series. three.

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Servais immediately resorted to Luis Torrens, who became the first position player to record a pitching win in franchise history. Servais hinted Tuesday morning that people tuning in to the doubleheader “would see some very unconventional things happen” with the Seattle launch, which is exactly what was stated.

Raphael Martinez

I am a fan of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and all Mexican baseball in general. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover major events such as the Caribbean Series, the LMB All Star, the LMP (uninterrupted since 2009), signing important players. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, although as a fan. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even an NBA friendly 10 years ago, but I have baseball in my veins. Degree in Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and a reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I arrived at El Debate as a journalist reporter and it took almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to the radio providing my services at Línea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and a few days later, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. That is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.

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