TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES
Former LSU ace Kade Anderson was one out away from an impressive quality start in the sixth inning of his Major League Baseball debut for the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night.
Anderson, the third pick of the MLB Draft first round in 2023 just weeks after he was the MVP for LSU’s national champions at the College World Series, became the first member of his draft class to reach the Big Show on Saturday. And a double play put him an out away of going the necessary six innings with three earned runs or less allowed for the “quality” standard as he held a 2-1 lead over the visiting Chicago Cubs.
But former LSU great Alex Bregman, the second pick of the 2015 MLB Draft by Houston, homered off Anderson to tie it 2-2. Then Michael Busch homered as well to give the Cubs a 3-2 lead, and Anderson left the game. Bregman played in two College World Series for the Tigers in 2013 and ’15.
The Mariners came back to win it, 5-4, on a walk-off, two-run home run in the ninth by Randy Arozarena. And Anderson still had a quality debut in the no-decision. He struck out five in five and two-thirds innings while allowing three runs on five hits with two walks.
And Anderson could end up in the playoffs as Seattle (62-68) is just two games out of the final American League Wild Card spot and was three and a half games behind AL West leading Houston.
Anderson was called up last week by Seattle after going 10-1 with a 1.06 ERA in 18 starts for the Double-A Arkansas Travelers in Little Rock. He struck out 135 and walked 13 in 93 and a third innings, allowing just 47 hits and 11 runs for Arkansas.
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