In my opinion, one of the best things about baseball is that its rules, regulations, and rhythms make each game totally unique. Even if a team runs out the same starting nine every day in the exact same order (something the Mariners certainly have not done this year) the rotating cast of starting pitchers can still put their own stamp on the game every fifth day, and things like late game substitutions or extra innings can always add flavor too.
One night after winning on a walk-off hit, perhaps the most lovable idiosyncrasy of this odd sport, the Mariners played a much more standard game, one of those ones that gets lost to the 162-game crawl toward another losing season.