Mariners Moose Tracks, 5/1/24: Andrés Muñoz, Dylan Moore, and Mike Trout
Another huge team win gives the Mariners their fifth straight series win.
In Mariners news...
- RHP Andrés Muñoz gets the job done to secure a 3-2 win for the Mariners!
Let’s keep it going pic.twitter.com/EKTyvddUQ4
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) May 1, 2024
- DMo doing what DMo does.
Dylan Moore, saving a run.
— Daniel Kramer (@DKramer_) May 1, 2024
And some how, some way, the Mariners escape as big of a jam as could be and hang on to a one-run lead against Atlanta. pic.twitter.com/f0APKqSurP
Around the league...
- With the Arizona Diamondbacks game delayed due to a large beehive directly behind home plate, “Bee Guy” Matt Hilton quickly became the hero of the night:
screw it beekeeper hype reel pic.twitter.com/XjpyJ150za
— Cut4 (@Cut4) May 1, 2024
- Los Angeles Angels star center fielder Mike Trout has found himself sidelined once again. Trout has suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee that will require surgery, and although it is not expected to be season ending, there is no timetable for his recovery.
- Shortly after the Trout injury news, the Angels signed veteran outfielder Kevin Pillar to a one-year deal.
- Houston Astros veteran first baseman José Abreu has been optioned to the team’s spring training complex in West Palm Beach, Florida in order to get back on track and break out of his recent slump.
- Arizona Diamondbacks reliever Kyle Nelson is set to undergo thoracic outlet surgery, which will likely keep him out for the remainder of the 2024 season.
- Texas Rangers RHP Max Scherzer was scratched from his second scheduled rehab start due to thumb soreness.
- A benches-clearing brawl in the sixth inning of the Tampa Bay Rays vs. Milwaukee Brewers game led to multiple ejections from both teams.
- Oakland A’s closer Mason Miller details his journey from Division III baseball to consistently reaching 100+ mph on the radar gun.