In 2014 it was Game 162. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house as Félix Hernández walked off the mound with one out in the sixth, his team ahead 4-0.
(Mariners acquire Austin Jackson and Chris Denorfia at the trade deadline.)
On October 1, 2016 it came in the 10th inning of Game 161. Our hearts soared alongside Nelson Cruz’s home run ball in the eighth but plummeted with a Joey Wendle double.
(Mariners acquire Ariel Miranda, Drew Storen, Daniel Vogelbach and Paul Blackburn at the trade deadline.)
Last year it was October 3, before Game 162 could even start, our fate in the hands of others.