On a night when a win seemed more important than vital, a baserunning mistake killed their chances to take a lead and their best reliever gave up two runs in the eighth inning to send them to defeat.
In the effort to subdue off the slow crawl toward mathematical elimination with each passing day, the Mariners obviously needed to win on Tuesday at Safeco Field.
But when the Minnesota Twins, possessors of the second wild-card spot, lost in New York, the importance of victory doubled.
What did the Mariners do?
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