A must-win game? It may not fit the label, but it was somewhere close and the Mariners prevailed.
Closer Edwin Diaz, who struggled in his previous outing, allowed the tying run to reach base in the top of the ninth, but retired the next three batters to notch his 32nd save and secure a 4-3 win over the Angels on Friday night.
With the Mariners’ postseason hopes holding a faint pulse having lost three in a row to Houston, a change was needed in the series against a fellow wild-card contender.
Mike Leake and Ben Gamel helped do that.