Our Mariners Got Smoked 5-1: What Are We Supposed To Do With This Early Season Mess?

What is going ON, guys? Seriously. I'm staring at the box score for our Mariners, a brutal 5-1 thud against the Pirates in Pittsburgh, and I'm just… exhausted. We bleed green and blue here in the Emerald City, we pour our hearts into every single pitch, and this kind of early season performance is just not cutting it. It's tough, man. Real tough. While we're out here feeling this gut punch, other teams are showing how it's done, like the Cubs who just pulled off a wild sweep out east. Talk about a contrast.

Chicago Sweeps in Extra Innings, Shows Us How It's Done

The Cubs just rolled into Citi Field and swept the Mets in a four-game series, capping it off with a 4-3 extra-inning nail-biter on Thursday night. Talk about clutch! Pete Crow-Armstrong, a dude who used to be a Mets prospect, came up huge in the top of the 10th. With one out, and left-hander Brooks Raley on the mound for New York, Crow-Armstrong laced a double down the right field line, bringing home the automatic runner, Matt Shaw, for the winning run. Cubs right-hander Trent Thornton then slammed the door shut on the Mets in the bottom half of the inning. That's six wins out of their last seven, pushing their record to a solid 44-37. You gotta respect that kind of late-game execution, especially when you've just swept a whole series.

Unearned Runs and Bullpen Jitters: A Story We Know Too Well

What's wild is that this game was scoreless until the sixth inning. Then, the Cubs

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exploded for three *unearned* runs against Mets righty Freddy Peralta. It started with a pretty routine error by shortstop Ronny Mauricio, letting Dansby Swanson reach base. Crow-Armstrong grounded out, moving Swanson over to second. Then Michael Conforto singled him in. Next thing you know, Conforto himself scored the second run of the game on a double by Alex Bregman, and Bregman even moved to third on *another* error, this time by Carson Benge! Ian Happ then singled in Conforto again for the third run of the inning. So, three runs, all thanks to some Mets fielding blunders. But hold up, because the Mets weren't out yet. Their bats woke up in the seventh, with Eric Wagaman smashing a two-run homer off Cubs pitcher Hoby Milner, making it a one-run game. And then in the eighth, Jared Young tied it at 3-3 with a solo shot off Phil Maton. See, *that's* the kind of bullpen meltdown that just makes you wanna scream. You get those runs handed to you, and then you give 'em right back. But hey, the Cubs held on and still grabbed the W. So, while the Cubs are celebrating a hard-fought sweep, we're stuck here wondering when our Mariners are gonna figure things out. That 5-1 loss to the Pirates just highlights the mountain we need to climb early in this season. We're better than this, Seattle. We know it. Our bats need to come alive, our pitching needs to lock it down, and we need to start putting together some wins. Let's keep that green and blue flag flying high, but man, we need some W's to match the passion. Let's go, M's, time to turn this thing around!

This article was created with AI assistance and reviewed by Seattle On Tap editorial staff. Always verify information with official team sources.