They need to battle Felix and get his pitch count up so they can get him out of the game early. Wake and Co. need to keep them close until they can get to the Mariner pen.
It's impossible to figure out baseball. Over a 162 game schedule, the cream almost always rises to the top, but from day to day this game can be confounding.
Bautista is a really good all around player. Strong arm, good base runner and an absolute terror with the bat. He hit over 50 bombs last year even though he had a sports hernia in May.