Mariners' Ty France: Another three-hit night Saturday
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France went 3-for-5 with an RBI single, a double and a run in a loss to the Rangers on Saturday.
France's second three-hit effort in the last four games was naturally overshadowed by the Rangers' 16-run outburst, but fantasy managers were certainly pleased with the reigniting of the 28-year-old's bat after he'd gone 0-for-8 over the prior two games. France also recorded his sixth and seventh strikeouts over the last three contests -- an elevated frequency for the usually above-average contact hitter -- but he's still carrying an impressively modest and career-low 15.3 percent strikeout rate for the season.
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Mariners' Ty France: Registers three hits
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France went 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in Tuesday's loss to the Mariners.
France was the only Mariner to have more than one hit Tuesday evening. He doubled home a run in the fifth and later scored in the inning. The 28-year-old now has four multi-hit efforts across his last eight games and is hitting .344/.432/.719 with three homers, five RBI and eight runs scored over that span. He's currently swinging the hottest bat on the team as the calendar gets set to turn over to June.
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Mariners' Ty France: Offensive tear continues Saturday
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France went 2-for-3 with an RBI double, another two-bagger, a walk and a run in a win over the Pirates on Saturday.
France got the Mariners' three-run first inning started with an RBI double that plated J.P. Crawford. The productive all-around effort gives France a .412 average over his last six games, a stretch during which his walk rate (13.6 percent) matches his strikeout rate and he's laced five of his seven hits for extra bases, including three home runs.
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Mariners' Ty France: Homers twice in return
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France (wrist) went 2-for-4 with two solo home runs and a third run scored in Thursday's 3-2 win over the Athletics.
France missed Wednesday's game with a bruised left wrist, but he doesn't look any worse for wear. His pair of solo shots erased a two-run deficit, and he added the go-ahead run after reaching in the eighth inning on a fielder's choice. The first baseman has hit five homers this year, including three over his last two games. For the season, he's slashing .266/.344/.415 with 23 RBI, 30 runs scored and a stolen base through 49 contests.
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Mariners' Ty France: Returns to lineup
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France (wrist) is starting at first base Thursday against Oakland.
France took a pitch to the wrist Tuesday, which forced him to miss Wednesday's game. He will return to Seattle's lineup looking to build on his recent success, as he is 3-for-6 with a homer and three runs scored over his last two games.
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Mariners' Ty France: Out with bruised wrist
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France (wrist) is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Athletics.
X-rays turned up negative on France's left wrist after he was hit by a pitch late Tuesday night, but he has some residual swelling and a bruise. Consider him day-to-day. Sam Haggerty will start at first base and bat ninth for Seattle on Wednesday versus Oakland.
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Mariners' Ty France: X-rays return negative
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Mariners manager Scott Servais said after Tuesday's win over the Athletics that X-rays on France's left wrist returned negative, but the first baseman is still dealing with swelling along with a bruise, Daniel Kramer of MLB.com reports.
Servais believes France is doubtful to play against the Athletics on Wednesday, and he notes the team will play it day-by-day in terms of a possible stint on the 10-day injured list. France was plunked in the wrist by a fastball from Trevor May in the bottom of the eighth inning, and while he was initially able to stay in the contest, he was eventually subbed out for Sam Haggerty. Haggerty will likely get the bulk of playing time at first base during any time France misses.
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Mariners' Ty France: On base four times in rout
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France went 2-for-3 with two walks and two runs in a win over the Athletics on Monday.
France set the table nicely on a couple of occasions out of the No. 2 spot in the order during the lopsided win. The 28-year-old had been mired in an 0-for-13 skid over the three games prior to Monday's, and he'd gone eight straight games without a walk prior to the pair of free passes he drew. France's .260 average and .338 on-base percentage are both solid figures, but he's seen a 71-drop in slugging percentage from last season's .436 thanks in part to a career-low 25.8 percent hard-contact rate.
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Mariners' Ty France: Swats pair of doubles in win
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France went 2-for-5 with an RBI double and another two-bagger in a win over the Red Sox on Monday.
France joined Cal Raleigh as the only other Mariner with multiple extra-base knocks in Seattle's 15-hit barrage. The high-contact infielder extended his hitting streak to 12 games in the process, a stretch that's seen him pad his batting average 39 points to .277.
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Mariners' Ty France: Hot hitting continues Tuesday
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France went 2-for-4 with a two-run single and a run in a win over the Rangers on Tuesday.
France's timely third-inning knock plated Tom Murphy and Sam Haggerty with the first two runs of the night while extending his hitting streak to seven games. The surging first baseman has given his slash line a much-needed boost to .271/.359/.391 over that sample, which includes three multi-hit efforts in the last four games.
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Mariners' Ty France: Mashes second home run of season
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France went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Monday's 2-1 loss against the Rangers.
France's opposite-field shot to right gave Seattle a 1-0 lead in the first inning, which ended up being the team's only run of the game. France is now on a six-game hit streak, but he still has work to do in the power-hitting department. With just two long balls through 35 games played, the infielder is well behind his pace of 20 homers in 140 games from last year.
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Mariners' Ty France: Rattles off three hits in win
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France went 3-for-5 in Saturday's 7-5 win over the Astros.
France wasn't directly involved in any run-scoring plays, but he was able to extend his hitting streak to four games. He's gone 6-for-18 in that span, but all of those hits have been singles. It's still better than the 0-for-19 slump over seven contests that preceded his recent run of success. France is slashing .252/.340/.350 with one home run, 15 RBI, 18 runs scored, a stolen base and nine doubles through 33 games this season.
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Mariners' Ty France: Draws walk in return
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France (illness) went 0-for-3 with a walk in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Athletics.
France missed two games while under the weather, and he couldn't do much in a contest that saw the Mariners' bats silenced until the eighth inning. The first baseman is now slashing .238/.336/.352 with a home run, 15 RBI, 17 runs scored, nine doubles and a stolen base through 122 plate appearances. He should be good to handle a near-everyday role going forward.
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Mariners' Ty France: Returns to lineup Tuesday
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France (illness) is hitting third and playing first base against Oakland on Tuesday, Sonja Chen of MLB.com reports.
France was out of the starting lineup the last two games for Seattle while battling a stomach bug, but he was able to play in both contests as a pinch hitter, and he's well enough to hit third against Mason Miller and the Athletics on Tuesday.
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Mariners' Ty France: Sitting again Sunday
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France is feeling under the weather Sunday, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports, and the first baseman isn't in the lineup for the series finale against the Blue Jays.
France stepped out of the lineup Saturday while in the midst of a 1-for-25 slump, though he came off the bench and earned a walk as a pinch hitter. The Mariners have a scheduled day off Monday, and the 28-year-old should be back in action for Tuesday's series opener versus the A's. Sam Haggerty is manning first base and batting eighth Sunday.
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Mariners' Ty France: Gets breather amid slump
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France is not in the starting lineup Saturday at Toronto, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports.
France has fallen into a 1-for-25 slump and will grab a day of mental and physical rest. Sam Haggerty is covering first base and batting ninth versus the Blue Jays and right-hander Kevin Gausman.
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Mariners' Ty France: Timely knock extends hit streak
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France went 1-for-3 with a two-run double in a win over the Rockies on Friday.
France's fourth-inning two-bagger plated J.P. Crawford and Julio Rodriguez to extend the Mariners' lead to 5-1 at the time. France's hitting streak now sits at 11 games, and he's hitting a blistering .429 over the 17 plate appearances he's logged with runners in scoring position during that span.
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Mariners' Ty France: Keeps raking Wednesday
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France went 2-for-4 with an RBI single, a walk and a run in a win over the Cubs on Wednesday.
France gave the Mariners some all-important breathing room with his seventh-inning knock, which plated J.P. Crawford to extend Seattle's lead to 3-1. The multi-hit effort was simply an extension of a torrid stretch for France over his last 10 games, a span in which he's generated a .356 average, .887 OPS and five multi-hit tallies overall across 50 plate appearances.
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Mariners' Ty France: Productive in defeat Wednesday
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France went 1-for-3 with an RBI double, a walk and a run in a loss to the Angels on Wednesday.
France's seventh-inning two-bagger plated Sam Haggerty to put the Mariners within two runs of the Angels at the time. The 28-year-old first baseman has opened the season in a manner reminiscent of last year's stellar first half, as he's reached safely in six of his first seven games on his way to a .357 average and .419 on-base percentage (31 plate appearances).
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Mariners' Ty France: Doubles, steals in loss
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France went 1-for-5 with an RBI double and a stolen base in a loss to the Angels on Monday.
France pulled off a rare steal of third base after his third-inning two-bagger snapped a 1-1 tie by bringing home Julio Rodriguez. The 28-year-old France has hit safely in four of his first five games while striking out just once during his first 22 plate appearances, and the steal was the first of his big-league career.
