The only good thing that happened to the Mariners Wednesday in Anaheim was that Mike Trout didn't hit for the cycle for the second day in a row, although he started off as he would with a single and a triple in his first two at-bats. The Mariners contained Trout's damage from there, but fell to the Angels 7-1 a day after losing 12-0.

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GAME: Mariners (20-26, 3rd, AL West, -9.0 GB) at Angels (18-27, 4th, AL West, -10.5 GB). GAME #: 47. SERIES: 2nd of 2 games. MEETING: 6th (Mariners lead 3-2). WHEN: Wednesday, 4:05 p.m., Angels Stadium. STREAKS: Mariners L 5; Angels W 3. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: ESPN 710, Mariners Radio Network

Prior to the bizarre developments last weekend in Cleveland, where the Mariners suffered three walk-off losses in a four game span, the last time the Mariners sustained a trio of walk-off defeats over four contests was May 10-13, 2011. In the May 10 game, at Baltimore, catcher Matt Wieters won it for the Orioles 7-6 with a 13th-inning single off then-closer Brandon League.

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All of a sudden, a walk-off loss looks pretty good. The Mariners, after losing three of them in a four-game span last weekend in Cleveland, were never in the game Tuesday night in their worst loss of the season, a 12-0 blowout to the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim. The Mariners (20-26) have lost a season-high five in a row.

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GAME: Mariners (20-25, 3rd, AL West, -9.0 GB) at Angels (17-27, 4th, AL West, -11.5 GB). GAME #: 46. SERIES: 1st of 2 games. MEETING: 5th (Mariners lead 3-1). WHEN: Tuesday, 7:05 p.m., Angels Stadium. STREAKS: Mariners W 1; Angels W 2. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: ESPN 710, Mariners Radio Network

Three walk-off losses in a four-game span is bad enough, but imagine the grief Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik would be taking today if he'd actually been successful in his pursuit of free agent Josh Hamilton last winter. For a $125 million outlay, Zduriencik would have a .216 OBP free agent bust on his hands. Instead, Hamilton is a headache, one of several  that belong to the Los Angeles Angels.

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A walk-off home run by Yan Gomes, a devastating three-run shot off Charlie Furbush in the 10th inning, gave the Cleveland Indians a stunning 10-8 victory and a sweep of their four-game series with Seattle at Progressive Field. The Mariners suffered three-walk off defeats in the series, and a meltdown by  ace Felix Hernandez.

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GAME: Mariners (20-24, 3rd, AL West, -9.0 GB) at Indians (25-17, 1st, AL Central, +2.0 GA). GAME #: 45. SERIES: 4th of 4 games. MEETING: 4th (Indians lead 3-0). WHEN: Monday, 9:05 a.m., Progressive Field. STREAKS: Mariners L 3; Indians W 4. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: ESPN 710, Mariners Radio Network

After losing twice to Cleveland on walk-off hits and a third time in a Felix Hernandez meltdown, the Mariners wrap up their four-game series with the Indians at Progressive Field Monday morning. RHP Hisashi Iwakuma is the main man standing between Seattle and its first four-game losing streak of the season.

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It's not often that Felix Hernandez throws a clinker, but he checked in with one Sunday morning and, predictably, the Mariners could not compensate in what became a 6-0 loss to the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. Seattle (20-24) has lost a season-high tying three in a row to the Tribe after taking two of three from the Yankees in New York.

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GAME: Mariners (20-23, 3rd, AL West, -8.0 GB) at Indians (24-17, 1st, AL Central, +1.0 GA). GAME #: 44. SERIES: 3rd of 4 games. MEETING: 3rd (Indians lead 2-0). WHEN: Sunday, 10:05 a.m., Progressive Field. STREAKS: Mariners L 2; Indians W 3. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: ESPN 710, Mariners Radio Network

Three walk-off losses in a row would set a Mariners' franchise record. But unlike Friday and Saturday, when Cleveland stunned Seattle with game-winning hits, such a consummation is likely to be avoided Sunday since Seattle will have Felix Hernandez going against the Indians in the third of four games at Progressive Field. Hernandez is in one of those zones, with four wins in his past five starts.

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Using home runs from Brendan Ryan, Raul Ibanez and Justin Smoak, the Mariners fought back from a 4-0 deficit Saturday at Progressive Field only to have reliever Oliver Perez become the latest mistake by the lake. After Seattle tied the game in the ninth on back-to-back homers by Ibanez and Smoak, Perez quickly allowed Cleveland to load the bases and score a 5-4 walk-off win.

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GAME: Mariners (20-22, T2, AL West, -7-0 GB) at Indians (23-17, T1, AL Central, 0.0 GB). GAME #: 43. SERIES: 2nd of 4 games. MEETING: 2nd (Indians lead series 1-0). WHEN: Saturday, 10:05 a.m., Progressive Field. STREAKS: Mariners L 1; Indians W 2. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: ESPN 710, Mariners Radio Network

Lefty Joe Saunders has described the Jekyll & Hyde discrepancy in his home and road records as a "fluke." But 3-0, 0.94 in four Safeco starts vs. 0-4, 12.54 away from Safeco reads more like a trend than an anomaly. More evidence on this curious phenomenon will be gathered Saturday when Saunders probes the dangers of Progressive Field in the second of four against the Cleveland Indians.

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Second baseman Jason Kipnis ended a three-hour, 37-minute contest Friday night by ripping a three-run, walk-off homer off Lucas Luetge in the 10th inning, giving the Cleveland Indians a 6-3 victory over the Mariners in the first game of a four-game series at Progressive Field. The Mariners (20-22) had a chance to reach .500 for the first time since April 8, but Kipnis, hitting .236, made sure they didn't.

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Hector Noesi's good showing at Yankee Stadium Thursday night -- he allowed one earned run in 4.1 innings in an emergency start -- earned him a trip to the AAA Tacoma Rainiers. The Mariners sent down Noesi Friday and added bullpen help in Danny Farquhar, making room for him by transferring Stephen Pryor from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list.

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GAME: Mariners (20-21, 2nd, AL West, -7-0 GB) at Indians (22-17, T1, AL Central). GAME #: 42. SERIES: 1st of 4 games. MEETING: 1st (Mariners and Indians tied 2012 series 4-4). WHEN: Friday, 4:05 p.m., Progressive Field. STREAKS: Mariners W 2; Indians W 1. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: ESPN 710, Mariners Radio Network

Brandon Maurer, the 22-year-old still trying to get acclimated to the majors after making the leap from AA Jackson, will face the Cleveland Indians for the first time in his career Friday when the Mariners, suddenly in second place in the AL West after taking two of three from the Yankees in New York, open a four-game series at Progressive Field.

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Michael Morse belted a decisive home run in the sixth inning, Hector Noesi gave the Mariners an outstanding emergency start, and the Mariners held on to beat New York 3-2 Thursday night to take two of three from the Yankees. It marked Seattle's first series win at Yankee Stadium since 2004.

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GAME: Mariners (19-21, 3rd, AL West, -7-0 GB) at Yankees (25-15, 1st, AL East, +2.0 GA). GAME #: 41. SERIES: 3rd of 3 games. MEETING: 3rd (series tied 1-1). WHEN: Thursday, 4:05 p.m., Yankee Stadium. STREAKS: Mariners W 1; Yankees L 1. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: ESPN 710, Mariners Radio Network

Aaron Harang has pitched in the major leagues for 12 years with five teams and, remarkably, has never set foot in Yankee Stadium. That will change Thursday when Harang squares off against LHP Andy Pettitte to close a three-game series in the Bronx.

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Hard to tell which was the most surprising number Wednesday: That the NBA would leave at least $100 million on the table in voting 22-8 to reject the relocation of the Sacramento Kings to Seattle, or the seven runs the Mariners scored in the first inning off New York's Phil Hughes en route to a 12-2, big-time thumping of the Yankees, featuring two home runs and six RBIs from Raul Ibanez and a three-run jack by Kyle Seager.

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GAME: Mariners (18-21, 3rd, AL West, -7.0 GB) at Yankees (25-14, 1st, AL East, +2.0 GA). GAME #: 40. SERIES: 2nd of 3 games. MEETING: 2nd (Yankees lead 1-0). WHEN: Wednesday, 4:05 p.m., Yankee Stadium. STREAKS: Mariners L 1; Yankees W 2. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: ESPN 710, Mariners Radio Network

The Mariners reach the quarter pole of the 2013 season Wednesday with the second of three against New York at Yankee Stadium. Every year the 40-game mark is used as an opportunity to assess progress or assign blame, and for the Mariners this is how it shakes out:

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The Mariners wasted another outstanding start by Felix Hernandez and lost to the Yankees in New York  4-3 Tuesday night after taking a 3-0 lead, squandered by Seattle's bullpen. Hernandez, matched against CC Sabathia in a duel of aces, allowed just one earned run on five hits over 6.0 innings before he was lifted because of a sore back.

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GAME: Mariners (18-20, 3rd, AL West, -6.5 GB) at Yankees (24-14, 1st, AL East, +1.0 GA). GAME #: 39. SERIES: 1st of 3 games. MEETING: 1st (Yankees won 2012 series 6-3). WHEN: Tuesday, 4:05 p.m., Yankee Stadium. STREAKS: Mariners W 1; Yankees W 1. TV: Root Sports. RADIO: ESPN 710, Mariners Radio Network

Felix Hernandez has made 266 career starts, none more memorable than the perfect game he threw last Aug. 15 against Tampa Bay at Safeco Field. One of Hernandez's most notable road victories occurred two weeks prior to his perfecto when, on Aug. 4, he threw a complete-game, two-hitter and beat New York 1-0 at Yankee Stadium.

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When Kendrys Morales hit a three-run homer to left in the first inning Sunday, it was among the relative few Mariners dingers to have benefited from the new dimensions of Safeco Field. But the larger point was the benefit of Morales to the Mariners.

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