Sailors manager Scott Servais responded to Trevor Bauer’s assessment of his departure Monday against Seattle, which included three homers in the fifth inning that ended National League Cy Young Award winner’s night .
After Evan White, José Marmolejos and Mitch Haniger left him in his last inning, Bauer told reporters of his departure: “I took out what I wanted. The fifth entry, there was really no idea of sequencing or what it was. “I was just throwing throws. That’s not a good state of mind when trying to get the guys out. But I just finished the night, trying to get my throw counted.”
On Tuesday, when Servais described the Mariners ’offensive improvements over the past week or so, he mimicked Bauer’s response when talking about his own team.
“Certainly Bauer was at the forefront of his game soon,” Servais said. “I just wanted everyone to know that ours were not testing the first four times. Last night we decided to try the fifth entry, and it worked. Our boys started trying.
“I know he said he might not try in the fifth, but our boys tried in the fifth. We just didn’t take it seriously during the first three or four passes. “
“No, our boys hit with one eye closed during the first four innings. We also tried to breathe through our eyelids as we focused on different things that would help us over the years. I just want to do [sure] everyone understood that they were not trying the first four tickets ”.
Seattle was Bauer’s toughest opponent this spring, at least on the scoreboard. In 7 innings of 2/3 against the Mariners, Bauer gave up nine strokes, six runs won and four walks.
There is a possibility that Bauer will face the sailors next month. The Dodgers visit T-Mobile Park for a two-game series from April 19-20.