It’s almost cosmic. It’s almost funny. Of course it had to go down like this. There was really no other way. Are the Mariners touched by fate? Cursed? Doomed forever to be the team with the most narrative?
Tonight was King Félix Mariners Hall of Fame induction night. Nearly a year on from the induction of Ichiro, in which they lost 4-3 in spite of a heroic effort from Luis Castillo, the Mariners come back to do it all again on Félix night.
The story of tonight’s game is simple. The Mariners could do nothing against Seattle public enemy number 1 Cole Irvin, allowing him to go 5 scoreless innings and rack up 6 strikeouts.