Smyly (1-4) surrendered 10 hits and six earned runs over five innings in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to the Mariners. He struck out five.
He managed to miss some bats, recording 14 swinging strikes overall, but Smyly was done in by two homers that accounted for five of the six runs he gave up. Franklin Gutierrez got the scoring started with a 410-foot shot in the first that plated Ketel Marte, and Dae-Ho Lee put a 365-footer into the right-field bleachers in the fourth, driving in Chris Iannetta and Kyle Seager to give the Mariners a 6-2 lead. Smyly has been able to pitch only five innings in each of his last two starts, and has given up a pair of gopher balls in two of his last three trips to the mound as well. The six earned runs were the most he'd given up in a start this year, and his ERA climbed almost a full run to 3.63 due to his struggles Tuesday. He'll try his luck again Sunday against Sonny Gray and the A's in Tampa.