On August 18th the Mariners and Diamondbacks appeared to be two teams heading in opposite directions. They were, just not how we imagined. The Mariners had just dropped a two game set to the Dodgers to fall to 7-18, and were in last place in the AL West. The Diamondbacks had just won six straight to get to 13-11, and were in a Wild Card Position in the NL Standings.
Since then the Mariners have gone 12-6, improving to 19-24 and are 3 games out of an AL Wild Card spot. The Diamondbacks have gone 3-18 to fall to 16-29 and have the 2nd worst Win Percentage in the NL, (27th in MLB) are are now playing for a #1 first round draft pick, (If Rob Manfred doesn’t screw things up that is)
The Mariners had their recent six game winning streak snapped in San Francisco.