"That at-bat with Julio, I was like, man, I'm either striking him out, he's hitting a homer or he's putting the ball in play and we're getting out of this thing," Chandler said.
"He put it in play, and we got out of it. Just trying to simplify it.
That inning, it could have got bad, could have got worse, but good pitches to Cal and let the defense do the rest."
Chandler noted that he struggled to locate his breaking pitches during the outing, relying heavily on a fastball that peaked at 101.4 mph.
"If you just watched the game, you could tell that I really had no feel for any spin," Chandler said.
"...
To get out of there with one run and pitch out of a big situation, I was very pleased with it."
Jake Mangum started in the leadoff spot for Pittsburgh and preserved the lead with a sliding catch in the fourth inning to deny a line drive from Cole Young.
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"Do I think that we're better than a . 500 baseball team through 81 games?
Yeah, absolutely," said Mangum.
"But at the same time, we're still learning how to win, and we haven't played our best baseball yet.
If I could pick a time to play your best baseball, it's the second half."
Mariners Frustrated
Seattle manager Dan Wilson pointed to hard-hit balls finding Pirates defenders as a major source of frustration during the team's offensive struggles.
