One thing about this Mariners squad: Scott Servais might not be the skipper anymore, but the team has retained (ironically) his lessons about having the memory of a goldfish, shaking off a disappointing series loss this weekend with a dominant win to open their final series against the Rangers.
The Mariners struggled, as one does, against Jacob deGrom, although they squandered what looked like a good scoring opportunity in the first, when Julio Rodríguez hit a one-out single followed by a Cal Raleigh walk. Randy Arozarena and Luke Raley couldn’t come through with a clutch hit, though, and the Mariners were consigned to scuffling against deGrom until the third, when Josh Rojas (!