Sweeps aren’t easy, and sweeps against a perennial powerhouse team like the Braves—who hadn’t lost back-to-back games all season until the Mariners handed them a pair of Ls to open this series—are even harder to come by, but that doesn’t entirely offset the frustration of a 5-2 loss set up by some avoidable mistakes and poor plate appearances, despite the Mariners combining for double-digit hits: the first time all season they’ve out-hit their opponents and lost. This game also snaps a streak of quality starts put up by Mariners starters over an incredible run, with Emerson Hancock only making it 3.
Mariners can’t complete the sweep, lose to Braves, 5-2
