Sailors fall to 0.500 with another bullpen collapse which leads to a 5-4 loss in the Bronx

THE SCORE OF THE BOX

NEW YORK – Until Hunter Strickland returns from the wounded list, which should not be immediate, the concept of close or defined roles in the Mariners' register will not exist, despite the desire outside of many assign these tasks. .

Instead of designating a specific round for a relief or having a single pitcher on hand, the Mariners team their efforts with manager Scott Servais and his team looking for pockets in the opposite formation that "s out there. he judges optimal for available launchers.

That's why the top Mariners substitute, Brandon Brennan, kicked off the eighth inning and veteran Anthony Swarzak threw a disastrous ninth inning Tuesday night in a 5-4 loss to the Yankees.

Once 13-2 to start the season, the Mariners fell to 19-19. They are 6-17 since this torrid start.

"These are difficult losses," said Servais. "They are difficult for everyone. It's hard for Swarz to give up. You are fighting, you have a rain delay and you are trying to get through it and correct the situation. But we will come tomorrow and come back later. "

With Bullpen's current philosophy, Swarzak is not the "closest" to the Mariners and, given his recent performance, he would be downgraded if he had been. He has served home tours in five of his last six appearances.

Brought to reduce the gap of a two-point lead in the ninth inning, Swarzak failed for a second consecutive appearance to get a save. He served a two-point draw at Gio Urshela, then allowed the race to win up to the base when Cameron Maybin followed with a single. The Mariners brought Roenis Elias to try to recover the heat and keep it tied for extra runs. But after eliminating Brett Gardner, Elias dropped the single single in the right field, allowing Maybin to beat right-handed Jay Bruce for the winning race.

"We had trouble closing some matches," said Servais. "Swarzy had some difficulties and made mistakes tonight. You still have a lead in the ninth and you feel good about your chances, but it's been a tough fight. We struggled to close the games in the last 10 days or so. We made mistakes and the ball of the race took us. "

Swarzak entered the ninth and gave a single to Gleyber Torres. He quickly imposed 0-2 on Urshela, but then made a huge mistake by leaving a fast 95 mph shot in the middle of the field. This is the worst place for a 0-2 pitch.

"It was a fastball that came back on the plate, high belt, medium-average, which would arrive," he said about the circuit.

Swarzak saw the location of the land, the contact and heard the sound of the Urshela bat and collapsed into a fetal position on the mound. Any hopes or brief prayers that the balloon will not burst and be caught are not satisfied.

"I did not get the results I needed and it's unfortunate because our team played a hell," said Swarzak. "It was the game we needed. And you go out and give the head like that, it's not very good for the club. I will do my best to go and try to find us zeros. That's all I can do. I do not give up. I will never give up. I will understand that. "

So, if Swarzak is not closer to the goal, why did he start the ninth in a save situation?

Well, with the Mariners philosophy, the higher debt situation appeared in the eighth inning when Luke Voit and Gary Sanchez, one of New York's top players, battled with a 4-1 lead. That's why Brennan started the eighth and Swarzak was next in the ninth. If the bottom half of the Yankees' squad had been scheduled to hit in the eighth, Swarzak would have had the call over there and Brennan would have put the ninth on the top of the list. Wherever Voit and Sanchez hit late with a lead, Brennan would face them. And since the Yankees' current roster is mostly right-handed, Elias's efficiency is also neutralized.

This is not a perfect philosophy, but it seems logical with the imperfect collection of weapons in the enclosure.

Brennan was not perfect either. He first struggled to find the strike zone, walking the first two batters he faced. But after securing the defensive player's choice at the second position and an easy elimination of the Sanchez slugging catcher, Brennan felt like she was able to get out of the jam with a scoreless run. But a change that lasted about 58 feet and bounced off the plate was obtained by catcher Omar Narvaez for a wild pitch that allowed a run to score. Brennan withdrew Miguel Andujar to end the heat and limit the damage to one point when the situation could have been much worse.

The Mariners had a solid but lost exit from the starter Marco Gonzales.

After being rocked by the Cubs in his previous game and never being eliminated in the second set, Gonzales threw six solid innings, giving one point on three hits with one goal, one batter and three strikeouts. He would have pushed for seventh place if it was for a rain shower moving over the Yankee Stadium, which eventually resulted in a delay.

The first launches started around 19:45, but the match was not delayed at 20:31. when precipitation has risen from stable to downpour.

The Mariners took a 1-0 lead in the second set against Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka. Poor communication between midfielder Brett Gardner and right-handed Clint Frazier allowed Jay Bruce's ball to pass for a double. Bruce later scored for Ryon Healy's sacrifice flight that was heading toward the center-left.

The Yankees had their only win against Gonzales in the third inning. Urshela opened the scoring with a double, advanced to third on a flyout right and scored on Gardner's ground ball on second base.

Edwin Encarnacion broke the 1-1 tie by the most violent way by hitting a line above the wall in the left field for a solo circuit. The bullet had an exit speed of 113 mph and had never exceeded 50 feet while accelerating to the seats. It was the 11th anniversary of Encarnacion^th starting the season, the binder to Jay Bruce for the club head.

The Mariners added two lost insurance races at the top of the eighth to Tommy Kahnle, a right-handed thrower. Mitch Haniger's attack was Kahnle's first touchdown by an opponent on 30 shots. An error on Daniel Vogelbach's ball on the left side put Domingo Santana's double on the score of 3 to 1. Bruce then buckled a broken double bat in the shallow left field to score Vogelbach for a lead of 4. -1.