This previous week has been a major one for Sonny Gray.
Last Tuesday in Seattle, he made his third All-Star Game look.
Monday night time, he’ll take the mound because the American League Central-leading Minnesota Twins, winners of three in a row, open a four-game collection towards the host Mariners
And Tuesday, he’ll attain 10 years of service time within the main leagues, that means he’ll be absolutely vested in MLB’s pension program.
“The running joke with me was that I was always, ‘Oh, I’ll play 10 years and I’m done. I’m out,'” Gray stated final week. “Everyone that knows me from back then, they (say): ‘Oh, you still done?’
“Wouldn’t shock me if I did not play any extra after this yr. … Do I need to? Do I believe I can? Absolutely. And I can at a really, very excessive degree. It’s not in regards to the cash. It’s whether or not you continue to get pleasure from it, and does your loved ones nonetheless get pleasure from it.”
Gray (4-3, 2.89 ERA) is coming off his worst start of the season, in which he allowed six runs on six hits over six innings of a 6-2 loss to visiting Baltimore on July 8. But the right-hander is 5-3 with a 2.73 ERA in 14 career starts against the Mariners
The Twins defeated host Oakland 5-4 Sunday as Alex Kirilloff hit a solo homer and a three-run double and Christian Vazquez also went deep
“We’re not a one-dimensional group, however we’ve got to show that we’re not a one-dimensional group,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “Showing it in these three video games, that is what we noticed. Our hitters plugged away, took loads of robust pitches. We have been on base loads this collection. We did somewhat bit of all the pieces. It’s a pleasant approach to begin the second half, is what it’s.
The Mariners stumbled of their first two video games out of the break earlier than defeating visiting Detroit 2-0 Sunday as rookie Bryce Miller pitched 5 scoreless innings in his return from the injured listing (blister on proper center finger) and Cal Raleigh homered
That acquired the Mariners again to the .500 mark and inside 5 video games of the AL’s third and last wild-card berth
“We needed to win the ballgame (Sunday),” Mariners supervisor Scott Servais stated. “Again offensively, it was not pretty by any means.
Right-hander Logan Gilbert (7-5, 3.66) is set to start Monday for Seattle. Gilbert, who allowed one earned run over 16 innings in his final two starts before the break, is 1-0 with a 0.82 ERA in two previous starts against the Twins
Closer Paul Sewald, who earned his 18th save Sunday, said he and his teammates realize the Mariners need to make a strong push soon, or they risk being sellers at the trade deadline
“We’ve acquired to win. That’s what it comes down to,” Sewald said. “Hopefully we’ve got somewhat bit extra sense of urgency than we have been having.
“You don’t want to panic, but at the same time, these two weeks are important to see what the front office is going to do. … This is a dangerous situation. Being on the bubble is a really bad place to be. It can throw your team one way or the other. We have to win as many games as we can in these next two weeks to make it viable. If we don’t, then the front office will have to make some tough decisions.”
–Field Level Media
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