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Seattle Mariners pitcher Tayler Saucedo revealed that he and his girlfriend received death threats on social media following his poor outing in the team’s 11-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday.

Saucedo, 32, entered in the bottom of the seventh inning with the Mariners trailing 3-2. He recorded only one out and allowed five runs on four hits, a walk and a hit batter. When he was removed, the Phillies had extended their lead to 8-2.

After the game, Saucedo shared a vile Instagram message he received from a Mariners fan.

“@saucey07 I hope your f—— head gets blown off to pieces walking in Philly you ugly autistic piece of s—,” the Instagram user @gilbertgoonsquad wrote in a message Saucedo re-posted to his Inst

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