Cody Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm Jr. Went Deep, And It's Making M's Fans Ask Tough Questions

Alright, Emerald City, listen up. After our Mariners took an 8-3 L to the Padres today, I know we're all feeling a little rough. But you gotta see what went down back East. Down in the Bronx, the Yankees pulled off a wild 7-6 comeback against the Toronto Blue Jays, thanks to some absolute bombs that, frankly, make you wonder about our own squad's early season form.

When Other Teams Find the Clutch Hits

Talk about clutch hitting, seriously. The Yankees were staring down a couple of two-run deficits tonight, and frankly, they've been struggling themselves, winning only three of their last ten games. But in the seventh, after Paul Goldschmidt already smacked a leadoff homer and then tied it up with a double earlier, things got wild. J.C. Escarra got a sacrifice fly, Aaron Judge singled, and then BOOM! Cody Bellinger sends a two-run shot off the top of the right-center-field fence, into the bullpen. Tie game, 5-5. You almost feel the energy shift, right? We've seen Julio Rodriguez hit bombs for us, but this was a different kind of pressure with the game on the line.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. Does It Again, While the Jays Fall Apart

But wait, there's more. Two batters after Bellinger, Jazz Chisholm Jr., who's been on a four-game multi-hit tear, comes up. He takes a 2-1 splitter from Yariel Rodriguez and pokes it 339 feet, opposite field, right off the middle of the left-field foul pole for a tiebreaking two-run homer. That's how you win games, folks, they're up 7-5! Now, their closer, David Bednar, got a little wobbly in the ninth, giving up an RBI double to Jesus Sanchez. This is the same dude who gave up a tying three-run homer last Sunday! But he buckled down, struck out George Springer after falling behind 3-0, and then got Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to ground out on a full count for his 11th save in 13 chances. Wild finish! Meanwhile, Ernie Clement and George Springer both homered off Ryan Weathers for the Blue Jays. Weathers allowed five runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings, struck out seven, and walked none. Clement even reached for an 0-2 pitch! Patrick Corbin, for Toronto, allowed three runs on six hits in four innings, fanning three and walking three. Paul Blackburn (2-1) followed for New York with 1 2/3 scoreless innings, and Fernando Cruz struck out Daulton Varsho in the eighth. The Jays just can't seem to string wins together, losing nine of their last 14 and unable to secure their third three-game winning streak of the season. So yeah, while the Yankees are pulling off these dramatic wins, we're left watching our Mariners drop one 8-3 at T-Mobile Park. It makes you think about what it takes to get those clutch hits, that locked-down bullpen, the consistent performance. We've got Cal Raleigh behind the dish, Julio tearing it up in center, we know what our guys *can* do. We gotta see more of that fight, that refusal to roll over. Looking ahead, we need to bring that energy tomorrow. Let's see if our guys can bounce back and show us some of that same fire we saw across the country. Go M's!

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