MINNEAPOLIS – To be fair, given the personnel, the talent level and set-up of the bullpen, you’d think it would happen more often. But then again in this stretch of baseball where the Mariners win about once every five games, they haven’t had many late leads to lose.
For the second straight game, the Mariners’ bullpen gave away a lead it should’ve been expected able to protect against the Twins, somehow failing to get six outs without allowing five runs.
But thanks to some shaky Twins defense in the top of the 10th, the Mariners were able to give the bullpen another chance at success.