Mariners fail to make correct offerings to Chaos Gods, lose 5-3

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty ImagesThe Mariners lost today to the Twins, 5-3, snapping their streak of consecutive home series wins. It was a frustrating loss that was full of the Mariners not taking advantage of opportunities given to them by the Twins, who played sloppily yet again, but the Mariners were unable to capitalize. The Mariners were also shorthanded by the Twins in this game thanks to starter Joe Ryan plunking Mitch Garver on the wrist with a pitch, forcing the Mariners to lose the DH spot in order to move Cal Raleigh into the catching spot. (Servais later said x-rays on Garver were negative.) Between that and Luke Raley fouling a ball off his foot in the ninth and in obvious pain trying to run to first base, today’s loss hurts in more ways than just on the field, as the Astros defeated the Mets to move up another game in the standings and get over the .500 mark for the first time this season.

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