It’s hard to overstate how abysmal the Mariners have looked in the past month and a half. Once 13-2, they have plummeted to a 24-33 record, going 11-31 in their last 42 games. For context, that’s a .261 win percentage, which is worse than any team has done since the Philadelphia Athletics in 1919.
With the Mariners looking so gosh-darn awful, it’s seemed to take a Herculean effort just to scratch out a win, while even the slightest miscue has meant certain defeat. With the perceived necessity of playing perfectly looming over the beginning of every game, this was a less-than-ideal way to begin tonight’s.