The Mariners are young, talented and seemed to have changed the narrative about their future after an unexpected 90-win season.

Even if they had been brilliant or even better than they were on Sunday afternoon, the Mariners season would’ve ended with the 162nd game of the season.

Haniger delivered the biggest hit of his career, ripping a two-run single in the bottom of the eighth inning off Steve Cishek to put the Mariners ahead for good in a 6-4 come-from-behind win.

The frustration couldn’t be hidden from their faces. The disappointment could be felt with every tossed bat and spiked helmet in disgust. The belief that they would come back had a time limit. And with every wasted opportunity, the anxiety grew threefold in the stands packed full with fans waiting to explode for just one big hit, one game-changing moment and that memorable and much-needed victory.

The Mariners announced that Friday night’s game is officially a sellout.

In this season of over-achievement in Seattle, one in which the Mariners are defying metrics and logic, who is their Most Valuable Player?

In the words of the late, great Dave Niehaus, “It just continues.” If you have to pinch yourself today, you’re not alone. The Seattle Mariners kept their playoff dreams very much alive Wednesday night with a 4-2 over the A’s in front of a crowd of 17,366 (that sounded more like 40,000) at T-Mobile Park.

The Seattle Mariners won for the 10th time in 11 games and stayed in the thick of the AL wild-card race with a 4-2 win over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.

Mitch Haniger hit his 100th home run and third in two games, and the Seattle Mariners pulled within a half-game of the second AL wild card berth by beating the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on Tuesday night.

Shohei Ohtani allowed Jarred Kelenic's tying home run in the seventh inning, and Mitch Haniger hit a go-ahead single in a four-run eighth against the bullpen that lifted the Seattle Mariners over the Angels 4-1 Sunday.

Not only did the Seattle Mariners see their season-high six-game winning streak come to an end Saturday night, but they also dropped one game further back in the American League wild-card standings after an ugly 14-1 loss to the Los Angeles Angels.