SEATTLE– Bryce Miller pitched six innings and combined with three relievers for Seattle’s 12th shutout of the season, Ryan Bliss hit a two-run shot for the second home run of his career and the Mariners beat the New York Mets 6-0 on Friday night -fair.
Seattle’s pitching was again excellent, with Miller (9-7) dominating the Mets before turning him over to the bullpen. And it was a few players at the bottom of the batting order who delivered the key blows.
Batting eighth in the order, Bliss hit the first pitch he saw from Mets starter Jose Quintana (6-8) about 410 feet from the Seattle bullpen for a two-run homer in the second inning. His only other home run came on June 7 in Kansas City.
“The first home run was special, but especially here at T-Mobile (Park), it was a really cool moment,” Bliss said. “It was fun.”
Then, in the seventh, it was number 9 hitter Leo Rivas ending Quintana’s game. After Mitch Garver walked and Dylan Moore reached on an infield single, Rivas went 3-2 with two outs, passing diving second baseman Jeff McNeil to score a pair.
“I can’t say enough about the guys in the middle of the field tonight, the little guys,” Seattle coach Scott Servais said. “What Bliss and Rivas did, they didn’t leave the game.”
Cal Raleigh added a two-run reliever, Adam Ottavino, in the bottom of the inning as Seattle sent nine batters to base and scored four times.
Quintana retired 13 straight before walking Garver to start the seventh. He allowed five runs, four hits and struck out eight.
“Obviously, when you look at the box score, he gave up five, but he pitched a lot better than the line score,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. “He was one hit away from giving us seven innings in a two-run game.”
But Quintana would need to be perfect to match Seattle’s shooting.
Miller gave up three hits, struck out six and walked one. No baserunner advanced past second, and he retired 10 of the 11 finalists. It was Miller’s sixth start with at least six shutout innings this season.
Miller said he felt like his fastball had more life in recent starts, along with his expanded offspeed pitches.
“Last year I was getting tired and last year the fastball was my pitch. So if that’s my argument and I’m tired, it’s like everything is kind of bad,” Miller said. “But this year I feel like I’m getting better, getting stronger as the year goes on and I feel better about all the speed.”
Reliever Collin Snider ran into trouble on J.D. Martinez’s seventh walk and allowed a single to Jeff McNeil to start the seventh. Snider recovered with a double play by Mark Vientos and a groundout by Francisco Alvarez to end the threat.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mets: OF Starling Marte (knee contusion) is expected to begin a rehab assignment next week at Double-A Binghamton. … RHP Reed Garrett (elbow) joined the team in Seattle after a second rehab stint at Triple-A Syracuse and could be activated from the 15-day IL this weekend.
NEXT
Mets: LHP Sean Manaea (8-4, 3.30) has thrown seven shutout innings in each of his last two starts. Manaea has a combined 21 strikeouts and one walk in those two starts.
Mariners: RHP Logan Gilbert (6-8, 3.05) will try to snap a three-game losing streak. In two of those starts, Gilbert allowed just one earned run but received no run support.
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