ARLINGTON, Texas — Perhaps it was a fitting that the Mariners’ final game in the wind-swept mausoleum that is Globe Life Park, a place where many a quick-paced game and mistake pitches disappeared and were never heard from again, was a 3-hour, 39-minute, pitch-filled, baserunner-laden marathon of an 11-3 victory with temperatures on the sun-baked field of more than 100 degrees.
With the win, the Mariners’ record at the stadium first known as The Ballpark in Arlington improved to 100-126 all time. The Mariners’ first game here was on June 13, 1994. In a 17-9 loss — also fitting — Ken Griffey Jr.