SEATTLE — Entering Game 2 of Saturday’s doubleheader with the Angels, the Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Chris Flexen hadn’t allowed more than three runs in his last 11 consecutive starts.
That streak was snapped, though. Flexen allowed five earned runs across six innings in Saturday night’s loss, tying his second most of the season. After Flexen exited, Brennan Bernardino gave up another two runs in the ninth. The Mariners lost 7-1, marking their largest margin of defeat to the Angels this year.
Flexen allowed a single from Magneuris Sierra and then a double from Taylor Ward to make it 1-0. He allowed Max Stassi to hit an RBI single to left field to make it 2-0. And he allowed Mickey Moniak to launch a homer in the fifth inning, and then watched David Fletcher homer in the sixth.
