MacKenzie Gore gave up five runs in as many innings to take a loss to the Mariners on Sunday.
Gore had been excellent in his previous bouts with the Mariners as both a Ranger and a National, but this one was ugly from the get. He allowed a solo homer to Rob Refsnyder to begin the game, and gave up two more homers to Randy Arozarena and J.P. Crawford; both of those with runners on. He did strike out five, but it was clear Gore just didn’t have his best stuff in this contest. He’ll try and bounce back and lower his 4.15 ERA versus the Athletics on Saturday.