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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
They’re trying to revise history and hang the entire loss on one hit. Mariners had 13 hits and four walks. Yeah there’s going to be an occasional hit on soft contact in there. That’s what happens when your pitcher isn’t fooling anyone.
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It was hit off Romano, and he was pitching fine.
Obviously one hit wasn't the whole ballgame, but that blooper scored 3 runs, tying the game in the 8th with 2 out. If it doesn't drop, that ends the 8th and it's 9-6 - greater than 95% chance they go on to win. So yeah, the game rested on that hit.