Seattle and specifically Steve Cishek had the Rangers down to their final strike and on the verge of quick and tidy victory before slumping Prince Fielder tied the score with a homer.
One strike away from victory and a series win, the Mariners watched a triumph disappear in a baseball vapor trail into the right field stands in the top of the ninth.
Two innings later, the team they’re chasing in the American League West, the Texas Rangers, closed out a 2-1 victory when Kyle Seager’s long fly ball to right field was caught with tying and go-ahead runners on base for Seattle.