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Takeaway Twelve hours after a brutal loss, the Mariners saved one of their best for the final road game of the season, scoring seven runs over the first three innings Wednesday and cruising to an easy 12-4 thrash of the Houston Astros (box). Seattle won two of three at Minute Maid Park, but remained two

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Takeaway Everything seemed to be going the Mariners’ way Tuesday: They held a 4-2 lead over Houston entering the bottom sixth and Toronto already defeated Baltimore, the team Seattle is chasing for the AL’s second wild card spot. Then all suddenly went awry. Helped by errors from SS Ketel Marte and 1B Adam Lind, the

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Takeaway Robinson Cano blasted two home runs, including a go-ahead, second-deck shot in the 11th inning, lifting the Mariners to a 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros Monday night at Minute Maid Park (box). Seattle blew a 3-1 lead in the ninth inning, but Cano’s 35th homer, a career high, enabled the Mariners to make

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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

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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

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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

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