PADS TAKE EARLY LEAD, BUT SEATTLE RALLIES BACK TO TAKE GAME ONE

By Liz Alper

Photo courtesy @Mariners on Twitter

 

May 30, 2016 (Seattle) - On this Memorial Day, the Padres traveled to Seattle, the land of Starbucks and where rain is the dominant weather pattern, to face the Mariners in a split four-game home-and-home series.  Andrew Cashner started on the mound for San Diego against Nathan Karns for Seattle.

After Melvin Upton Jr. got a leadoff hit in the second, Christian Bethancourt singled to bring him home and the Padres took a 1-0 lead.

In the sixth, the Mariners committed another error on a Brett Wallace double, causing Matt Kemp to score and the Padres went up 2-0.

 

But the Mariners aren't the best team in the AL West for nothing.  Seth Smith doubled in Seattle’s half of the sixth, scoring Norichika Aoki and the Padres led by one at 2-1.  The Mariners tied the game at two with Nelson Cruz’s single, scoring Smith.  They took the lead 4-2 on Kyle Seager’s two-run homer.

 

It just kept getting worse.  In the eighth, Adam Lind singled and scored Robinson Cano and Luis Sardinas to make the score 6-2.  Dae-Ho Lee homered on a line drive to center, driving in two and the Mariners went up 9-2.

 

In the ninth, the Padres got one back on a single by Alexei Ramirez, but the rally was stopped short and the Mariners took game one 9-3.

 

Tomorrow, the Pads and Mariners will play another matinee at 12:40 p.m. James Shields will be on the mound against Hisashi Iwakuma for Seattle.