Pamplin Media Group – Mariners full four-game sweep of Rangers
Don’t look now, but Seattle has built its way into the American League playoff picture. Mariners win 8-4 Monday
The Seattle Mariners are in the American League playoff picture – seriously.
In a supposed year of reconstruction, the Mariners have risen with six wins in a row in the past few days. They beat Texas 8-4 at T-Mobile Park on Monday and completed a four-game battle against the Rangers. The last time the teams met, the Mariners swept a three-game series.
Kyle Seager hit a homer in the first inning, two runs and Dylan Moore added a solo shot in the third inning.
In a fifth inning with five runs, Moore cleared the bases with a doubles and Ty France drove in two runs with a singles.
Marco Gonzales allowed four hits and two runs while scoring seven hits and not going in seven innings. He improved with an ERA of 3.02 to 5: 2.
The Mariners (19-22) play two games in San Francisco and three in Arizona. Ljay Newsome starts Tuesday at 6.45pm in San Francisco against Logan Webb for Seattle.
In the shortened season of 60 games, two teams from each division and two wildcard teams will play the American League playoffs.
Oakland leads the AL West Division with 24-14, 4 1/2 games from Houston and 6 1/2 games from Seattle.
Other wildcard contenders are currently Minnesota (26-17), the fighting New York Yankees (21-20), Baltimore (19-21) and Detroit (18-21).
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