Eight games to go. 85 wins. Two games back from the Wild Card.
The 2021 Mariners don’t carry the Cinderella Story flash and success of the San Francisco Giants this season, who tonight captured their 100th win of the year after a preseason that saw many struggle to envision them ending the season at .500. But theirs is remarkable all the same.
Seattle opened the season against those Giants nearly six months ago with this starting lineup:
Mitch Haniger (RF)
Ty France (DH)
Kyle Seager (3B)
Evan White (1B)
Taylor Trammell (CF)
Dylan Moore (2B)
Jake Fraley (LF)
Tom Murphy (C)
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