As they were in May, the Mariners went 4-4 during the month and are now 10-12 when I attend. There were an amazing six one run games, 4 of those shut outs (2-2 record). June 8th was the combine no-hitter. The Mariners scored 18 runs and their opponents 17, for a run differential of, you guessed it... ONE! Last month it was 28 vs. 21. The average attendance was 19,957 compared to 21,028 in May. June 26th was tied for the third lowest attendance at Safeco with April 19th of last year. Take out the San Francisco games and the average attendance was 16,541!!
Our starting pitchers had a slightly higher combined ERA at 2.59 vs 2.48 in May, yet I felt like we had much better performances. Maybe because all the the games were so tight. Ramirez came in for Beavan, who was sent down to AAA. His only outing was stellar, but he was the victim of a shutout. Same with Noesi, good outing yet the offense couldn't come through. The starters accounted for 77% of the innings pitched compared to 75% in May. However, they accounted for 94% of the runs! That's absolutely unbelievable pitching by our Bullpen.
Despite scoring 10 fewer runs than May, we definitely cranked out more hits. So we are getting people on, we just can't produce runs like we should. We hit a lot more singles, but had fewer extra base hits and walks. Our OBP was only 50 points higher than our average, versus 94 in May. Of our 66 total hits in June, only 16.67% were extra-base hits. In May, 37.5% of the hits went for extra bases.
Montero was the big bopper, which is interesting because he had only 1 RBI the entire month of June. I guess I just picked the right games to go to. Wells, after being recalled from AAA, went on a tear. Gutierrez came back from a couple of injuries to make his 2012 debut and was productive. Smoak continued his ineptitude, I'm sick of his wasted potential. Seager was just as pathetic, but he has been more productive over the year so I'm willing to overlook it.
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