A month ago, you would have been hard pressed to find a Mariner fan who could tell you who Andrew Albers was.
Now he’s a player who is helping save the Mariners’ season after one starting pitcher after another has been felled by injuries. The left-hander threw six scoreless innings in the Mariners’ 8-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night, improving to 4-1 with the M’s.
The Mariners (71-71) clinched a win in the three-game series and gained a game in the wild-card standings, moving three games behind Minnesota for the second wild-card spot.