Sep/Oct Games Recaps

The Mariners went 4-7 the final month of the regular season to end in 23-24 for the year.  It started out terribly with losing the first six. The Mariners scored 37 runs and their opponents 40, but 12 of those runs came on the final day for us.  We scored 1 run in five games, winning just one of them.  The average attendance was 16,652 vs 22,559 in August.

Our starting pitchers had a higher combined ERA at 3.71 vs 3.12 in August. The starters accounted for 71% of the innings pitched compared to 75% in August.  They accounted for 80% of the runs given up. Felix had is worst month of the season, by far.

Our OBP was a respectable 69 points higher than our average, compared to only 26 points in August.  Of our 96 total hits, 32.2% were extra base hits compared to 28.9% in August.  Smoak had a great month as well as Montero, with Ackley falling off.