Struggles during a brutal nine-game road trip to the east coast magnified a troubling trend for the Seattle Mariners.

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During a 2-7 East Coast trip in which the Mariners were outscored by 22 runs, their starting pitching struggled mightily and rarely pitched past the fifth inning.

Seattle’s starters allowed 27 runs in just 34 innings (6.49 ERA) over the nine starts on the road trip. Just three outings saw a starter complete six innings, which was a calling card of Seattle’s dominant staff a season ago.

The struggles from the starting rotation on the road isn’t a new development for this team. On the season, Seattle’s starters have the fifth-worst road ERA in baseball (4.93) and second worst road opponents’ batting average

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