— Mariners 12, Mets 1
Mets scored one run in their three losses in Seattle.
Mets finish a brutal 3-7 road trip:
lost 2 of 3 in Anaheim
a 6-0 win in their one game in St Louis.
won 2 of 3 in Colorado
outscored 22-1 in the sweep at Seattle, with the last game the Sunday night game, meaning they didn’t get back to New York until early Monday morning.
— ESPN showing Sunday night’s game was the first time since 2004 they had broadcast a Mariners’ home game on a Sunday night.
— Mariners have used only seven starting pitchers this season, amazingly good health in an age where pitchers seem to get hurt every other day.
— One last Seattle note: Ichiro Suzuki is up for the Hall of Fame next year; if he isn’t voted into the Hall unanimously, the person/people who don’t vote for him should lose the right to vote.
Think about it: Mariano Rivera is the only unanimous choice into the Hall of Fame; who didn’t vote for these people????
Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Rickey Henderson, Mickey Mantle, Ken Griffey Jr and on and on.
I’m just saying, Ichiro needs to get every vote next year.
— Baltimore Orioles were the first team to 70 wins this season.
— Good news/bad news Saturday for Astros rookie Zach Dezenzo:
Good news: He hit his first major league home run.
Bad news: He hit it over the Green Monster out onto Lansdowne Street; it is unclear if he got the baseball back.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t:)
NL: Phillies, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Diamondbacks, Padres, Braves
AL: Balt/NYY, Guardians, Astros. Wild Cards: Balt/NYY, Twins, Royals
Famous birthdays, August 12th:
George Hamilton, 85
Casey Affleck, 49
Antoine Walker, 48
Khris Middleton, 33
Ian Happ, 30
Kyle Harrison, 23
— Rams 13, Cowboys 12
Stetson Bennett threw the game-winning TD with 0:04 left in game.
Good end to a lousy day for Bennett, who threw four INT’s.
— Broncos 34, Colts 30
Rookie QB Bo Nix was 15-21 passing for 125 yards, in his NFL debut.
Denver had 32 first downs, was 7-13 on third down.
— Rockies 9, Braves 8
Atlanta led this game 8-2 in the 8th inning.
Braves have lost seven of their last eight games.
— Diamondbacks 12, Phillies 5
Jake McCarthy was 3-5 with four RBI for red-hot Arizona.
Diamondbacks are 25-10 in their last 35 games.
Merrill Kelly tossed 5 IP in his first start since April.
— A’s 8, Blue Jays 4
Oakland scored six runs in the first inning.
JP Sears won his third straight start.
A’s were 50-112 last year; they’re 50-69 this year (20-13 since July 2nd).
— Marlins 7, Padres 6
Jake Burger homered for the third straight game.
Loss snaps San Diego’s 7-game winning streak.
— New York 8, Rangers 7
Juan Soto homered twice, has 30 home runs this year.
Giancarlo Stanton homered after an intentional walk to Aaron Judge.
