The Mariners Swept the D-backs and Ketel Marte's 0-for-11 Explains Everything

Holy smokes, did you guys see what our Mariners did over the weekend? While everyone's out here talking about the Diamondbacks' big turnaround, our boys at T-Mobile Park absolutely put a stop to it! Remember when Paul Sewald, their closer, was on TV saying, "We had one bad week and people tried to write us off"? Well, that "one bad week" was us, the Seattle Mariners, sweeping them and sending their NL Player of the Week, Ketel Marte, into a total deep freeze. He went hitless in 11 plate appearances against our pitching. That's right, 0-for-11!

Seattle Just Stalled the D-backs' Momentum. Hard.

The D-backs were feeling themselves, no doubt. Since May 8, they'd racked up a 14-7 record, including two three-game sweeps against San Francisco and taking five of seven from the Rockies. That's a solid 11-2 stretch that Sewald was talking about, saying they "did an amazing job the last two weeks" beating teams they "were supposed to beat." But then they rolled into the Emerald City and ran straight into our pitching. They were on a "similar roll" before we shut them down completely. Ketel Marte was literally on fire before he came to Seattle. He was NL Player of the Week just two weeks ago, tearing it up with a .511 batting average, 4 homers, 6 doubles, and 17 RBIs over an 11-game surge! Then, he faced our Mariners. And boom, cooled off, hitless in 11 trips to the plate. Our pitching staff said, "Nope, not in our house."

Now, The Dodgers Are Coming to Finish What We Started

So now the D-backs have to pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and prepare to host the Dodgers, who are basically a freight train right now. These are the same Dodgers who swept them to open the season, mind you, and they're leading the NL West with 38 wins, second-most in all of MLB. They've been on an absolute tear, going 14-3 since May 12, which is the best record in the majors. They just smacked around Philadelphia, winning 9-1 in their rubber game, and get this: their offense scored a mind-boggling 66 runs in that recent stretch. Andy Pages is leading the whole league with 50 RBIs! Shohei Ohtani has bumped his average to .280, going 24-for-61 with four homers in his last 17 games. Max Muncy, who just hit his team-leading 14th homer, summed it up perfectly, saying, "Honestly, it just feels like we're showing up every day and playing baseball." Sounds like they're just that good, and our Mariners showed Arizona what facing a truly hot team feels like.

Can Eduardo Rodriguez Stop the Bleeding?

The D-backs are sending lefty Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1, 2.31 ERA) to the mound against Dodgers righty Emmet Sheehan (3-1, 4.70). Rodriguez has been a bright spot for Arizona this season, especially in May, going 3-1 with a 1.60 ERA and four quality starts in five outings, with the D-backs winning four of those games. He even held the Giants to two runs in six innings in a 7-5 win recently, saying, "We've been playing pretty good, pitching pretty good. That's what a good team is and we are doing it right now, and we just hope to keep doing it." But, get this: in his career against the Dodgers, Rodriguez is 2-4 with a 5.26 ERA in eight starts. Ohtani's 5-for-20 against him with a homer, Freddie Freeman is 10-for-17, and Miguel Rojas is 6-for-8. Yikes. Sheehan, on the other hand, gave up four runs (including a Ketel Marte homer, imagine that) against the D-backs earlier this season but didn't get a decision. He's had two quality starts in his last three. So, can Arizona somehow regain some of that pre-Seattle magic? Or did our Mariners expose a weakness the Dodgers are about to exploit even further? We'll be watching to see if our boys truly broke the D-backs' momentum.

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