After a devastating loss on Sunday in Detroit against the Tigers, the Seattle Mariners rebounded nicely to beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Monday night at Camden Yards.

If the Mariners want to win a second straight game though? They'll need a huge performance from starting pitcher Logan Gilbert.

Solid starts are always important, and teams always benefit from them, but in this case? A solid start seems imperative. We recently chronicled our fears with the team's six-man rotation, and those fears have already come to fruition, so Gilbert's need to step up is real.

We discussed further on the most recent edition of the 'Refuse to Lose Territory' podcast.

"Now we go into Tuesday, and let's look at the situation.

Andrés Muñoz has now thrown two consecutive games. He's going to be down, I'm sure. Jose Ferrer threw in two straight games and warmed up again on Monday. I imagine they would like to not have him. Cooper Criswell has thrown in back-to-back games. I imagine they would like to not use him. Matt Brash hasn't thrown in back-to-back games, I don't believe, since coming off the injured list, and he looked not particularly good on Monday, so I think you'd like to have him down. Bazardo has now thrown back-to-back days. You'd probably like to have him down.

So what does this leave the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday?

Logan Gilbert, a starter that routinely runs high pitch counts and tends to give you five or five-plus (innings), at least, you know that's a regular recurrence for him. So you have Logan Gilbert, who I think we're all happy if he gives six. But then, comfortably? Speier and Alex Hoppe, and that's it?

Because again, Muñoz has thrown two days in a row. Bazardo has thrown two days in a row. So has Criswell, and now Ferrer has thrown two days plus warmed up. I think you'd like to stay away from him if you could.

The short bullpen breeds all of this. The six-man rotation breeds all of this. And as I've told you, I understand why they're doing this. They want to keep Castillo and Miller stretched out. They want to protect themselves if someone gets injured. Maybe if somebody calls for Castillo in a trade, they want him to be in a position where he's a starter.

I get all of it. Whatever permutation of this plan you're curious about, I get why they're doing it. But it comes with a real domino effect, and it comes with a real ripple effect, and we are seeing this.

So what are we gonna see on Tuesday?

In a perfect world, I think Logan Gilbert gives them an efficient seven innings and things set up nicely. You're up comfortably and Alex Hoppe can throw the final two. That would be a perfect world.

But you and I know that the world's not usually perfect."

The Mariners are taking on the Orioles at 3:35 p.m. PT. Gilbert is 4-4 this season with a 3.79 ERA. He's struck out 77 batters in 73.2 innings. He has pitched at least a full six innings in six of his 13 starts this season.

The newest episode of the 'Refuse to Lose Territory' podcast is out, featuring Part 2 of our conversation with former M's infielder Ryon Healy. You can listen to it here.

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