Takeaway

Although bothered by a sore left wrist that ultimately forced him from the game, Nelson Cruz smashed two more long home runs Sunday and Jesus Sucre added a two-run jolt to lead the Mariners to a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins at the Target Center in Minneapolis (box). The win, however, did nothing to enhance Seattle's dimming prospects of claiming the American League's second wild card.

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Takeaway

If the Mariners fail to reach the postseason, they will long rue their lame effort against Minnesota starter Tyler Duffy Saturday night at Target Center in Minneapolis. Duffy entered with an 0-3 record and 11.15 ERA in his previous four starts, but Seattle could do little more than Nelson Cruz's 493-foot home run in a 3-2 loss (box).

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Takeaway

James Paxton notched his first win in six weeks and Robinson Cano lashed four hits and drove in a pair of runs as the Mariners crushed the last-place (AL Central) Minnesota Twins 10-1 Friday night at the Target Center in Minneapolis (box). The win, though, did little to enhance Seattle's chances of claiming the American League's second wild card spot as the other contenders save Houston also won.

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Injured C Steve Clevenger was suspended without pay for the rest of the season by Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto Friday after racist tweets from his account were widely distributed Thursday.

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Despite losing four of their past six to Houston (1-2) and Toronto (1-2), the Mariners ended their home stand as they entered it, trailing Baltimore by two games in the chase for the second AL wild card. Although Seattle played poorly, and needed a 12th-inning, walk-off sac fly by Robinson Cano Wednesday to retain a modicum of dignity, it got lucky: The Orioles simultaneously dropped four of six at Camden Yards, to Tampa Bay and Boston.

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Steve Clevenger emerged from the Mariners' disabled list as well as from under a rock Thursday to tweet his contempt for a serious public issue in a way that brands him a racist and makes him a candidate for a rapid departure from the club.

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Takeaway

Robinson Cano ended a four-hour, 24-minute marathon in the 12th inning Wednesday afternoon with a sacrifice fly as the Mariners defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 to avoid a three-game sweep and avert a 1-5 home stand (box). The Mariners (80-72) snapped a two-game losing streak to maintain a faint pulse in the American League wild card race.

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Takeaway

The Mariners’ slim playoff hopes moved a little closer to none after Toronto rode ex-Mariners J.A. Happ and Michael Saunders to a laughably easy 10-4 win at Safeco Field Tuesday night. The Blue Jays scored eight runs in the fourth inning while moving into sole possession of first place in the American League wild-card standings. Seattle (79-72) lost for the fourth time in five games – all against wild-card contenders – to remain three behind Baltimore for the second spot with 11 games to go.

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The Mariners have a pair of new minor league working agreements, adding the Arkansas Travelers of the AA Texas League and Modesto Nuts in the high-A California League. Seattle also purchased a majority interest in the Modesto club. The affiliation for Arkansas covers the 2017 and 2018 seasons.

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Takeaway

In the biggest game of the season, the Mariners couldn’t get a hit until the seventh inning and ended up falling 3-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays Monday night at Safeco Field. The loss dropped Seattle (79-71) three games behind the Blue Jays and Baltimore, the teams eading the race for the AL wild-card spots.

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Takeaway

Rookie Ariel Miranda delivered the best start of his young career, and teammate Seth Smith had a pair of homers as the Mariners salvaged the final of a three-game series with a 7-3 win over the Houston Astros Sunday. Seattle (79-70) moved back in front of Houston in the AL wild-card race, and is two back of Toronto for the second wild-card spot.

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LOS ANGELES -- At about noon Sunday, the public address announcer at the Los Angeles Coliseum said it had been 13,427 days since the the yellow and blue had trod upon the sacred sod: "Are yooooou readyyyyy?!?" he bellowed.

The early arrivers mustered a hearty shrug. Many were not born the last time the Rams  played here.

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Takeaway

Mariners bats betrayed them again in a 2-1 loss Saturday to the Houston Astros, who won the first two games of the series, moved into a tie with Seattle in the wild-card standings and may have knocked the Mariners out of the running (box). On a night that drew 32,304, Seattle had a chance to make up ground in the wild-card race, but Houston starter Mike Fiers threw six scoreless innings, then closer Ken Giles finished it off with a 1-2-3 ninth. Seattle starter James Paxton flirted with a perfect game, but Houston pitchers got the win.

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Takeaway

The Mariners’ momentum came to a screeching halt at Safeco Field Friday, as the Astros pounded ace Felix Hernandez while getting another great start from Collin McHugh on the way to a 6-0 win (box). Seattle (78-69) had its eight-game winning streak snapped while falling three games back in the wild-card standings.

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Despite a remarkable run – a season-high eight consecutive victories (longest since 2013) and nine in the past 10 games – to hoist themselves back into American League wild card contention, the Mariners are not considered much of a threat to reach the postseason. That’s based on up-to-the minute calculations by both Baseball Prospectus and FanGraphs.

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To salute the hottest team in the majors (eight consecutive wins), the Mariners are offering fans specially priced tickets to this weekend's three-game home series with the Houston Astros, starting at 7:10 p.m. Friday with Seattle (78-68) within 1.5 games of the Toronto Blue Jays for the American League's second wild card spot.

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Takeaway

Two solo homers and a good outing from starter Hisashi Iwakuma kept the Mariners in full chug with a 2-1 win Wednesday night in Anaheim (box). The eighth triumph in a row, and 10th in the past 13, included three-game sweeps of the Angels and A's, for the third perfect road trip in club history (minimum six games). Seattle went 10-0 from April 8-17, 2002 and 6-0 from Sept. 15-20, 2000.

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Takeaway

Two games after a disastrous outing, Taijuan Walker had the game of his Mariners career, a  complete-game shutout of the Angels in Anaheim that was a perfect game until a sixth-inning error allowed the first baserunner. The 8-0 victory at Angel Stadium Tuesday extended the Seattle winning streak to seven games (box) as Walker struck out a career-best 11, including a trio of K’s against Angels CF Mike Trout.

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The Mariners Tuesday traded LHP Wade LeBlanc to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later or cash. LeBlanc went 3-0 with one save and a 4.50 ERA in 11 games for Seattle this season, including three starts, before the club designated him for assignment Aug. 25.

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Takeaway

The Mariners may have to be taken seriously. Ariel Miranda threw six innings of shutout ball, allowing three hits, as Seattle beat the Angels 8-1 in Anaheim Monday night for its sixth win in a row an eighth in the past 11 (box). The victory was the 76th of the season, tying the 2015 mark with 18 games left, and closed the gap to 2½ games for the second wild card berth as the Yankees, Orioles, Royals and Astros all lost. 

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