Mariners gifted potential life raft amid recent slide and must take advantage

The Seattle Mariners schedule gives them a big break this weekend, and they need to take advantage of the opportunity

Seattle Mariners v Baltimore Orioles | Mitchell Layton/GettyImagesAfter this weekend, the Seattle Mariners have a good chance of being the top Wild Card team in the American League standings.

How, you ask? The team has lost six of its last seven games, and it looks like they are spiraling out of control. How are they going to soon be atop the AL Wild Card dog pile?

The answer lies in the schedule. Seattle has been gifted a life raft by the weekend schedule, which pits them against the rival Athletics for three games at T-Mobile Park. More importantly, the schedule has the…