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- Updated: May 30, 2016
SEATTLE — Knowing Seattle’s starters had been roughed up a bit in a weekend sweep by the Twins, right-hander Nathan Karns stepped up Monday and steadied the ship in the Mariners’ 9-3 win over the Padres at Safeco Field.
“We haven’t had that much success lately, but our offense has been really producing,” Karns said after throwing 6 2/3 innings of two-run ball. “So I was just trying to keep it close and we have a very special offense here. As long as we keep it close, we’ll get the big knocks and the offensive machine will start rolling and today was a prime example of that.”
Karns is now 5-0 with a 3.08 ERA over his last nine starts, one of just six pitchers in the Majors with five or more wins without a loss since April 15 — along with Jake Arrieta, Steven Matz, Josh Tomlin, Stephen Strasburg and Chris Tillman.
That’s good company, but …
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