Three takeaways after the Mariners gain a walk-off win on a wild pitch

The math is still stacked against the Mariners. All they truly achieved Saturday in rallying for a comeback walk-off victory was tread water in their pursuit of postseason berth.

Even so, this is the kind the emotional victory that can jump-start a club and, after a recent five-game skid, the Mariners are in need of just such a boost with just 26 remaining in the season.

Jean Segura raced home with the winning run on a two-out wild pitch with the bases loaded in the ninth inning for a 7-6 victory over the Oakland Athletics at Safeco Field.

"Whatever it takes," said Robinson Cano, who earlier in the game broke a 35-game homerless drought with a two-run drive. "No matter how you win a game. A…