James Paxton had a game for the record books.
What more could you ask? Career-high 16 strikeouts, doing what hasn’t been done by the Seattle Mariners since Randy Johnson was on the mound in 1997. He didn’t allow a run in seven scintillating innings.
And the Mariners lost.
Brutal.
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The Mariners’ bullpen had been so good their first 28 games this year, but the Oakland Athletics rallied with home runs against Juan Nicasio and Edwin Diaz in the eighth and ninth innings in their 3-2 comeback victory on Thursday at Safeco Field, ending the Mariners’ three-game win streak.