Mariners offensive at the plate, but not with bats as they go down to defeat

This is what happens when you don't score a run after the first inning. When you get Mike Sweeney to third base with none out in the eighth and fail to bring him home. What is this, spring training all over again? Not good. The offense failed once again tonight and the Mariners lost, 4-3, on a Luis Valbuena home run in the bottom of the 11th off Randy Messenger. Yes, they shot him. A good outing by Doug Fister was wasted when Michael Saunders failed to squeeze a line drive to left field in the seventh by Luis Valbuena. The two-base error led to the tying run on a sacrifice fly. Saunders then failed to execute a bunt in the ninth with Josh "Hack" Wilson at first base after a leadoff walk. The bunt was popped up, right into the glove of charging first baseman Andy Marte and another rally was soon thwarted. That came after the Sweeney debacle and an inning before Jose Lopez was stranded at third base with one out in the 10th. Lopez opened the inning with a double, then wa...