Mariners Avoid Record-Breaking Losing Streak

As of Wednesday, the Seattle Mariners finally snapped a 17-game losing streak. That day, the dreaded number 17 actually came in handy; the team racked up an impressive 17 hits against the New York Yankees.

But before the M's 9-2 win, they came close to breaking the clubhouse record of longest losing streak. Luckily, The M's bats came back to life giving the commendable bullpen the run support they had been patiently waiting for.

This lengthy losing streak began with the Mariners having difficulty in conjuring up just two or three hits in a game, let alone runs. Once the Skipper made a few changes in bringing up hot bats from Triple A like Mike Carp, the pitching began giving up more and more runs.

In at least one game in each of the past three series, the M's pitching gave up 10 or more runs. The bats seemed to be back in business while the pitching was crumbling. The positive part to this streak—besides the actual end of it— is the hitting is back and hopefully to stay. The M's were determined to break this streak and were able to correct unrelenting mistakes made many times before. They took advantage of the opponents' mistakes and performed offensively well beyond just the sixth inning.

The M's still have kinks to work out and improve upon, such as leaving runners on base. In the win against the Yankees, they left runners on base that, at one point, was a no outs bases loaded situation. Hopefully this ride off a streak-ending win will carry over into the upcoming homestand and lead to a new streak of wins.

There is a sense of new hope among Mariner's fans after seeing the bats come alive and produce some much needed run support. Bedard takes the mound tomorrow night against Neimann and the Tampa Bay Rays to hopefully take a second consecutive win.

Marissa Huff is a Washington State University student majoring in broadcast news. She's a Tacoma resident and landed a summer internship at Root Sports. She's often times seen on TV handing out Rally Fries to fans and works closely with the Seattle Mariners organization.