Mariners Moose Tracks, 4/10/19: Ljay Newsome, Erik Swanson, and Juan Soto

The Mariners are now 11-2. Are you sure you read that right?

By Becca Weinberg@becca_weinberg Apr 10, 2019, 7:00am PDT

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Marco Gonzales improves to 4-0, Jay Bruce hits his 7th home run, and the Mariners just keep on winning!

In Mariners News...

A solid start to the season for Ljay Newsome.

Ljay Newsome was great for a 2nd straight start. Final line: 5IP, 4H, 1R, 0ER, 2BB, 11K, 88-61.

Ljay in 2 starts:
10IP, 8H, 2ER, 2BB, 20K. #GoNuts
— Mariners Minors (@MiLBMariners) April 10, 2019

Don’t think anyone saw this coming.

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The definition of a strong start.

A post shared by Seattle Mariners (@mariners) on Apr 9, 2019 at 4:02pm PDT

Fantastic debut for Erik Swanson.

Welcome to the show, @Erik_Swanson03.

The newest member of the Mariners bullpen fanned 8 over 5 IP in his organizational debut. pic.twitter.com/7MO1EBLTpQ
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) April 9, 2019

This is for sure my new favorite video.

pic.twitter.com/GechmRxjGy
— Josh Cashman (@CableThanos_) April 9, 2019

Around the League...

An international treasure indeed.

Joey Votto, international treasure. pic.twitter.com/3RfmECWyb1
— Cut4 (@Cut4) April 10, 2019

What a shot from Juan Soto.

Juan Soto with light-tower power. pic.twitter.com/LQmhnHaWqP
— MLB (@MLB) April 10, 2019

Just a litttttle bit overshot.

"See, what had happened was..." - Marcell Ozuna, probably. pic.twitter.com/1pHXLaeDOq
— Cut4 (@Cut4) April 10, 2019

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