With a golden opportunity to complete the first sweep of the year and carry some momentum into a series with the dreadful Chicago White Sox, the Seattle Mariners dropped a winnable game to the Texas Rangers.
After mutilating the Rangers’ bullpen in the first two games of the series, the Mariners couldn’t generate any more late-inning magic. Yet another Mitch Haniger home run brought the Mariners within one in the seventh inning, but they couldn’t quite catch the Rangers, who eluded their grasp all day. Martín Pérez kept the Mariners scoreless through the first four innings, while his offense backed him with four runs.