![]() They interviewed former pitcher, Casey Sadler, who is still not ready to come back and says that he missed baseball very much and is excited to be back. In addition, the Rangers played much of the game with several of their regular starters whereas the Mariners had perhaps two of their regular starters.īrad Adams and Bill Krueger did some interviews during the game. Interestingly, the nine players who started the game did not bat as well as the nine who replaced them, with only two exceptions. In the ninth, Sweet struck out the batter for the final out, The Mariners won: 11-10! The Rangers hit a two-run homerun, however, making the score, 11-10. In the 8th inning, Bernardino struck two Rangers out. Brian O’Keefe hit a homerun to make the score 11-8, Mariners. A wild pitch moved each runner one base ahead. Packard made a base hit so there were runners on first and second. ![]() He struck out three Rangers and left one on base. In the top of the 7th inning, Brendan Bernardino began pitching for the Mariners. Kirwer hit to the outfield and Ford scored, tying the game. Arturo Guerrero hit a single that allowed O’Keefe to score. Polcavich scored on a double by Zach DeLoach. In the top of the sixth, Taylor Williams pitched for the Mariners. Later, Duran doubled and two Rangers scored. Smith hit a double and allowed Thompson to make it home. The Rangers’ Bubba Thompson had a base hit, then stole second. In the fifth inning, Clarke continued pitching. (The fourth inning was briefly interrupted by the announcement that Harry Ford of the Rainiers hit a three-run home run for Great Britain at the World Baseball Classic! Congratulations!) Several Rangers were on base, and Brad Miller scored for the Rangers to move ahead, 3-2. Chris Clarke replaced Luis Castillo after the first out of the fourth. At the end of the third inning, the score was tied at 2 apiece. Although Evan White got out at first, Kole Calhoun scored. Cooper Hummel hit a double, allowing Wong to score. Kean Wong and Kole Calhoun got on base in the bottom of the third inning. The second inning was unremarkable and the score remained the same. At the end of the first, the score was 2-0, Rangers. The Rangers’ pitcher, Andrew Heaney, struck out three Mariners. Smith got a base hit followed by a two-run home run from Nathaniel Lowe. In the top of the first inning with Luis Castillo pitching, Rangers Josh H. Two Mariners who are back after injury ( Tom Murphy and Evan White), joined one new player, Cooper Hummel, formerly of the Diamondbacks. In the Mariners’ starting lineup were six players from the Tacoma Rainiers: Kole Calhoun, Jacob Nottingham, Leo Martin, Colin Moran, Mason McCoy, and Kean Wong. 184/.277/.421 hitter.This game between the Mariners and the Rangers consisted of many pitches and runs, lasting a little over 3 hours, the longest game in Spring Training to date. Punchouts have also been a problem in his limited MLB looks, as he has ended up on strikes in 38.5% of his 130 big league appearances. 250/.330/.412 hitter in parts of nine minor league seasons, showing decent strength and patience but batting at a 25.6% clip. The 27-year-old has displayed a similar profile throughout his career. He connected on 15 home runs while walking at a robust 10.5% clip but hit on an elevated 27.7% of his trips. Nottingham spent the entire 2022 season with the O’s top affiliate in Norfolk, where he scored. He spent the remainder of this season in Triple-A and struck a minor league deal with the Orioles last winter. He vacated that period and hasn’t played in the majors since. Nottingham found himself on the wire again in early June 2021 after being designated for deployment by the Mariners. In some cases, the series of transactions even suggested an amendment to the latest collective agreement Now teams will move down on a player if they’ve already claimed that player once this season. He went to Seattle with waivers from Milwaukee, was bought back for cash by the brew crew a week and a half later, and ended up back in Seattle with waivers a few weeks later. Within a month at the start of this season, Nottingham jogged back and forth between the two clubs. That led to a switch between the Milwaukee and Seattle teams, who both valued him as a deep catcher. Nottingham exhausted his minor league option years through 2021, requiring teams to keep him on the MLB roster or make him available to other organizations. He spent most of his time as a member of the Brewers, working as a bat-first deep catcher in his early seasons. Nottingham played in the majors every season from 2018-21. The right-hander also spent part of the 2021 campaign in Seattle. The Mariners sign catchers Jacob Nottingham to a minor-league contract, according to his MLB.com transaction tracker.
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