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9/5/20: Open Game Thread

Justus Sheffield sees if he can keep the Mariners’ dominance against the Rangers going

this is what it sounds like/when Rangers cry

As much as Mariners fans hate playing Houston, I assume that’s how much Rangers fans hate playing the Mariners. Last night the Mariners roared back to action with a 3-1 defeat of the Rangers led by several members of their young core; catch up with the recap here if you missed it. Tonight Justus Sheffield will aim to keep the good times Range-rolling.

Lineups!

In other news, Kyle Gibson is a Ranger and I have forgotten about that. You’ll always be a Twin to me, Gibby.

Last night new catcher Luis Torrens made his Mariners debut; tonight we’ll see Phillip (NOT PHIL) Ervin, acquired off waivers from the Reds. Read more about Ervin here. In a corresponding move, Jake Fraley was sent back to the alternate site. Fraley was 4-for-23 in his first look at the bigs this season.

In other news, the Mariners claimed RHP Casey Sadler off waivers from the Cubs. I don’t know why the name Casey Sadler is so familiar to me—I would have sworn he had been a Mariner at some point, but apparently no.

Sadler, 30, was drafted by the Pirates back in 2010 in the 25th round and has bounced around between organizations. He’s a groundball specialist who doesn’t get a ton of strikeouts but doesn’t walk many batters either, although he wasn’t great in nine innings with the Cubs this year.

In other news: aw!

The center of that could be chocolate and I would still be delighted by such a gift. Give your co-workers gifts challenge.

Game info!

Game time: 6:10 PM

Available on: ROOT Sports NW (TV), 710 ESPN Seattle (Radio). You can also find the game on MLB TV, where it is the free game of the day, because you get what you pay for.