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Andrés Muñoz’s shaky start to season continues, Mariners lose to Braves

The Seattle Times·Adam Jude Seattle Times staff reporter·27 days ago
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A troubling trend returned for Andrés Muñoz in the ninth inning Tuesday night, and his ongoing struggles could not come at a worse time for the Mariners and their battered bullpen.  Atlanta’s Matt Olson, a longtime Mariners tormentor, crushed a 412-foot home run off Seattle’s All-Star closer into the beer garden beyond the center-field fence to give the Braves a 3-2 victory at T-Mobile Park, leaving Muñoz again searching for answers. It’s the third home run Muñoz has surrendered through 16 appearances to begin his shaky start to the season, already surpassing his total of two homers allowed in all of 2025. Muñoz had looked much crisper Monday night in closing out the Mariners’ thrilling 5-4 comeback victory over Atlanta in the series opener, a much-needed boost for a Mariners bullpen that has lost two of its best leverage arms — Matt Brash and Gabe Speier — to the injured list in recent days.…

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