Led by Julio Rodríguez, the Mariners have won 14 of their past 17 games and currently have a spot in the playoffs. They're a half-game ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays for the final wild-card position in the AL.
Aug 21, 2023 at 07:00 AM ETPHOENIX — The Seattle Mariners were mostly sellers at the trade deadline three weeks ago, dealing closer Paul Sewald to the Arizona Diamondbacks in a move signaling that this year probably wouldn't end in the postseason.The young All-Star recently finished a four-day stretch for the ages, setting an MLB record with 17 hits in those four games and helping to push the Mariners back into the American League playoff race.
The Mariners have won 14 of their past 17 games and currently have a spot in the playoffs. They're a half-game ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays for the final wild-card position in the AL. “It all comes down to the competing and our guys love to compete and we got after it today and that’s the only way you’re going to figure out a way to sweep a team like that at this time of the year,” Seattle manager Scott Servais said. “So we’ll keep rolling. Guys are feeling it right now. We’re playing great baseball.”After Sunday's games, the Phillies , Giants , Cubs , Reds , Marlins and Diamondbacks are the six teams in the race for three NL wild-card spots.
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