Tampa Bay’s strange inability to topple the Mariners this year has begun to look like a legitimate curse. Whatever magic the Mariners have worked to become so fearsome against the Rays became evident in the sixth after an Abraham Toro single turned into a run scored on a series of baffling, cartoonish errors.
With Toro on first, Ryan Sherriff bounced one in front of home plate past a scrambling Mejía, advancing the young bull to second. Joey Wendle’s comical overthrow to first in an attempt to get Jake Fraley out set up runners at the corners for Jarred Kelenic, who struck out looking.