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Time to grab a seat and talk Mariners baseball in the dugout. We are joined now by Mariners Insider, Shannon Dreher. Shannon,

last night was a win, one badly needed by the Mariners, especially against the A's. They can

make up ground here and return to Seattle first place in the AL West, which is great.

But it was kind of a weird tone because despite putting up nine runs,

we saw what looked like an uncomfortable Bryce Miller and a clearly unhappy Luis Castillo in the dugout because of this piggyback situation.

I want to start by asking because you know both of these players whether you'd seen anything like that before and also is it a problem?

Yeah, it's just such a unique situation because we don't see veterans piggyback. It's something

that has been used in the minor leagues. It has been something that has been used when perhaps you are bringing a young starter up.

Like they did it with Jacob Mizrowski in Milwaukee.

They did it with Paul Skeens in Pittsburgh.

And they kind of did it with a couple of the Mariners starters when they were young coming up too

when you wanted to manage those innings.

And I suppose you could get away with it under that guys once or twice if you have a

player that is coming back from a rehab assignment that perhaps hasn't been stretched out

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