ARLINGTON, Texas – A fly ball that seemed to be a game-tying three-run homer instead turned into a run-scoring single by a matter of inches. Their best reliever gave up a line drive two-run homer that was hit so hard and so low that it didn’t seem like it could possibly clear the wall in right field. Throw in a pair of close but ultimately unsuccessful defensive plays that led to runs earlier in the game, and, well, you have the recipe for yet another Mariners’ defeat.
Unlike many of their recent failures, the Mariners weren’t bludgeoned by their opponent.