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Embed from Getty Images HOUSTON, Texas — A panoply of performances punctuated the Mariners’ 6-4 triumph over the Astros on Saturday, but two moments from the instant classic stand out above all others. In the marathon story of game two, they flank the meat of the action like thick leather
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Embed from Getty Images HOUSTON, Texas — With one catch in Houston, Víctor Robles etched his name in the wall of Mariners who will never be forgotten. Daikin Park is nothing if not the graveyard of pretenders. Memories of late-inning Astros comebacks, specters of the Evil Empire’s umbral victories:
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Embed from Getty Images HOUSTON, Texas — There are few things a ball club wants to see less. The ace of the rotation is pitching a gem, well on track to breeze through seven or even eight innings. He goes out for the sixth, but he seems to be in discomfort
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Embed from Getty Images KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The natural order of the world has perhaps reasserted itself, pending of course this weekend’s results. The Houston Astros are back on top in the AL West, having been undefeated after briefly losing their first-place spot on Sunday. Oddly enough, the
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Embed from Getty Images KANSAS CITY, Mo. — So much of Cal Raleigh’s 2025 equipment is ending up in the Hall of Fame that the Seattle backstop is starting to run short on lumber. “I might need them to send me some new bats,” Raleigh joked. “They keep taking them
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Embed from Getty Images SEATTLE, Wash. — For now, the Seattle Mariners stand atop the mountain. On Sept. 14, 2025, the Astros and Rangers finally blinked, losing to the struggling Braves and Mets, and the Mariners responded with a win of their own to grab the crown—for now, at least.
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Embed from Getty Images SEATTLE, Wash. — Seven wins in a row. A much-needed quality start from Luis Castillo combined with the barest of margins on offense to produce Seattle’s seventh straight victory, yet in a dog-eat-dog chase for the playoffs—where three teams enter and only
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Embed from Getty Images SEATTLE, Wash. — It wasn’t the no-holds-barred blowout that Seattle’s sluggers twice inflicted on the Atlanta Braves over the weekend, but the Mariners got their third straight win on Monday night due to a stellar pitching performance complemented by one big inning for
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Embed from Getty Images ATLANTA, Ga. — Hollow fear of the gods. Those were the words Cicero used to describe superstitio, a word that bequeaths us superstition but meant something more like over-religiosity or improper worship back in his time. Well, the Romans never played baseball; that’s probably why
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Embed from Getty Images TAMPA, Fla. — Another day, another frustrating loss for the Seattle Mariners. Junior Caminero drove in two-thirds of all Tampa’s runs on Tuesday to send the Mariners to a 6-5 defeat, but as so often happens with this ballclub, half of those RBIs were