After snapping an eight-game slide with a 4-3 victory over Texas Sunday, the Mariners play their next four against spring training partner San Diego, starting Monday.
The Mariners will look at lefty Clayton Richard Monday when they begin a two-game Safeco Field series with the San Diego Padres. / Wiki Commons
GAME: Padres (22-27, 4th, NL West, -5.5 GB) at Mariners (21-29, 4th, AL West, -11.0 GB). GAME #: 51. SERIES: 1st of 2 games. MEETING: 1st (Padres won 2012 series 5-1). WHEN: Monday, 1:10 p.m., Safeco Field. STREAKS: Mariners W 1; Padres L 1. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: ESPN 710, Mariners Radio Network
Mariners fans have seen several marquee pitching matchups this season, but Monday’s doesn’t figure to be one of them. Seattle’s starter, Aaron Harang, sports a 1-5 record and 8.58 ERA. The San Diego hurler, Clayton Richard, checks in at 0-4, 8.54. Harang has allowed 27 earned runs in 28.1 innings, Richard 25 in 26.1.
If Harang botches this start, it could be his last for Seattle. He has been provided ample opportunity to become a key, back-of-the-rotation starter for the Mariners, but as his record suggests he isn’t getting it done. He will have one thing going for him Monday, the little bit of momentum the Mariners picked up Sunday when they outlasted the Texas Rangers 4-3 in 13 innings, which ended with a Jason Bay walk-off single.
The batting-challenged Mariners should find Harang’s opposite an inviting target Monday. He’s allowed 16 earned runs in his past four starts and is walking a tight rope with San Diego as thin as the one Harang is walking with the Mariners. A closer look:
MONDAY’S PROBABLES
MARINERS: RHP Aaron Harang (1-5, 8.58 ERA, 1.55 WHIP)
The 31-year-old Harang, a San Diego native in his 12th major league season and first with the Mariners, will make his seventh start and first against the Padres. Harang doesn’t have many outings left — this might be the last one — to prove he belongs in Seattle’s rotation. He’s given up 27 earned runs in 28.1 innings and is coming off a 12-0 shellacking administered by the L.A. Angels.
PADRES: LHP Clayton Richard (0-4, 8.54 ERA, 2.05 WHIP)
The 29-year-old Richard, a Lafayette, IN., native in his sixth major league season and fifth with San Diego, will make his seventh start and first against the Mariners. Richard has allowed at least five earned runs in four of his six starts with 25 ERs allowed in 26.1 innings overall. He’s lost his last four starts with 16 earned runs allowed over that span.
MARINERS STATS / NOTES
UPCOMING PROBABLES
Date | Day | Opp. | Probable Pitchers |
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5/27 | Mon | vs. SD | RHP Aaron Harang (1-5) vs. LHP Clayton Richard (0-4) |
5/28 | Tue | vs. SD | RHP Brandon Maurer (2-6) RHP Edinson Volquez (3-5) |
5/29 | Wed | at SD | LHP Joe Saunders (3-5) vs. LHP Eric Stults (4-4) |
5/30 | Thr | at SD | RHP Felix Hernandez (5-3) vs. Andrew Cashner (3-2) |
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