On the day they placed Hunter Strickland with on the injured list and with Cory Gearrin unavailable due to usage the night before, the Mariners tried to build a lead that their pieced-together bullpen could withstand.
Going into the bottom of the ninth inning with a four-run lead, the odds for victory seemed fair to good.
But that doesn’t mean it would be easy.
Utility infielder Dylan Moore, who got the start at third base, committed three errors in the inning with two outs that led to three runs. But Nick Rumbelow managed to strike out Xander Bogaerts looking to allow the Mariners to escape with a 6-5 win.