The strong early-summer run of Rockies starter Chris Rusin is becoming a distant memory. He continued his recent struggles Wednesday against Seattle.
Rusin yielded three runs on eight hits in five innings to take a no-decision. He walked three and struck out three.
At least his problems were limited to one inning - a miserable fourth in which he gave up four consecutive hits, including run-scoring singles by Robinson Cano and Franklin Gutierrez. Pitcher Taijuan Walker added an RBI double as the Mariners batted around.
Rusin has given up 13 runs on a whopping 28 hits in his last 15 innings pitched. His ERA now sits at 4.66 after he had dropped it to a respectable 3.88.