When athletes get in that point, everything really slows down and that’s what I see with Cal Raleigh’s at-bats right now. I took advantage he left it up a little bit.” “I’m always looking for a fastball,” Raleigh said. Raleigh had tied the score at 5 as a pinch-hitter with his 25th homer, a two-run shot to start the sixth inning. With one out in the ninth, Jarred Kelenic and Jesse Winker singled ahead of Raleigh’s tiebreaking RBI double off Brad Keller (6-14). A lot of guys were saying that’s what good teams do and that’s what playoff teams do. For us to gut it out and get a win tonight was huge. “Obviously we haven’t been doing the best lately.
“(The win) was very important,” Raleigh said. We weren’t able to capitalize until late when Cal got the big hit.” “A nice win,” Seattle manager Scott Servais said. Seattle also closed to a half-game behind Tampa Bay, which lost to Toronto. The Mariners have won two of three after dropping five of six as they added to their lead ahead of the Baltimore Orioles for the third and final wild-card spot, moving four games ahead with 11 to play as the Orioles fell Saturday to Houston. Both turnovers resulted in Minnesota touchdowns that put the game out of reach.KANSAS CITY - Cal Raleigh homered and drove in three runs as the Seattle Mariners rallied for a 6-5 win Saturday night against the Kansas City Royals. He also coughed up a costly fumble on a designed run deep in scoring territory against the Gophers early in the third quarter, then threw his second interception of the game on the next possession. The junior has six interceptions and seven touchdown passes, going without a scoring throw against Akron and Minnesota. Thorne also looks as if he is feeling the pressure to make plays. “We're trying to our hardest to get to that point where we don't say, 'Almost, almost, almost,’ and we're saying 'OK, we ran the ball well.’” “You watch the film and it's like, ‘OK, well, if we just would have turned this guy a little bit more, if we just would have a little bit better footwork here, maybe if the back had just cut a second sooner or something like that,' then it was a big play,” Thorne said. Jalen Berger and Jarek Broussard combined for just 66 yards on 27 carries against the Gophers and Huskies.
MSU managed a Tucker era-low 38 rushing yards on 14 attempts against Minnesota. Part of the problem over the past two games has been an inability to run effectively. “The job of defense is to get the ball back to the offense as quickly as possible, as much as possible, and score or set up a score. “And then when we get the ball to the offense, when they do have an opportunity, then we have to sustain drives, convert, drive the ball and score. And your offense is sitting on the bench,” Tucker said. “We didn't get off the field and then they sustained drives, they ate the clock, they ultimately ended up scoring. Backup quarterback Noah Kim led the starting offensive line and second-unit skill players on an eight-play, 75-yard scoring drive in the final two minutes with the game already in hand for Minnesota, which played soft coverage with its backups. The Gophers had a 42:30-17:30 advantage in time of possession Saturday, with a Thorne-led first-team offense managing just 165 yards on 37 plays. It's not only a first-quarter problem, however: The Spartans were outscored, 60-14, in the first three quarters by Washington and Minnesota. That's something we're really emphasizing - making sure we're giving our defense a chance when we're out there, giving them time to rest.” Because when we get our opportunities, we have to take advantage of every single opportunity we get as an offense. “But that's on us, too, making sure we're sustaining drives and being out there. “That's definitely different, only getting a few plays in the first quarter, first half of games,” Samac said. That left MSU’s defense on the field for 23:40 before the second quarter even began. Washington and Minnesota limited them to just 6:20 of first-quarter possession time combined.
MSU has yet to have the ball longer than its opponent in the first quarter - the Spartans have been on offense just 19:54 out of a potential 60 minutes. However, against their previous two Power Five foes, the Spartans’ sputtering compounded the problems of a defense that has endured its share of issues the past two seasons. And Maryland (3-1, 0-1 Big Ten) enters allowing 409.8 yards per game, 98th overall. That slight first-quarter production came against overmatched Mid-American Conference opponents. The Zips rank 125th in the FBS in team defense, while WMU is 105th. The following week, MSU won the toss and started on defense against Akron and scored touchdowns on two of its three first-quarter possessions en route to a 52-0 victory.
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