Mariners play slopball, lose sloppy game to Angels, 6-4

"When there's nothing else to fight for, let me fight for this" – Bryan Woo , on fighting to stay in a little too long in tonight's Mariners game, a sloppy 6-4 loss to the Angels.

I'm trying to sum up some annoyance at Bryan Woo for arguing to stay in this game, and at Dan Wilson for letting him, and at Cal Raleigh for dropping a third strike (stupidest rule in baseball) leading to a Rube Goldberg-esque chain of events, and at the Mariners for going 1-for-8 with RISP tonight and generally blowing chances against literally the 2026 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Disneyland, USA, and I just can't. There's nothing to fight for, or against, just the slow march towards the end of this dreadful season.

The Angels got on the board in annoying fashion in the second inning, when Josh Lowe lofted a little two-out single into center field. Christian Moore then hit an even weaker parachute fly ball that Julio dashed and reached for but missed, causing Laz Montes to bluescreen momentarily as he scrambled to pick up the loose ball in what's been his first real tough test as a big-league outfielder, allowing Lowe to score from first. Blech, and also unfortunately a tone-setter for the rest of the night.