For the sixth time since the franchise came into existence in 1977, the Mariners were on the receiving end of a no-hitter.

SEATTLE — Kyle Lewis and Kyle Seager homered, reliever Kendall Graveman extended his scoreless streak to 18 2/3 innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 on Tuesday night.

For most of the night, well, at least 7½ innings, the Mariners seemed destined for yet another frustrating where they looked tepid at the plate, absent on the bases and diminished on the scoreboard.

Wyatt Mills has a built-in rooting section at St. Aloysius Catholic School, and not just because his mother has taught first and second graders there for almost 20 years. He’s a graduate himself.

When you saw Mariners pitcher Justus Sheffield wiggling his way out of jams and pinpointing sliders in Sunday’s 2-0 win, were you celebrating the present or the future?

SEATTLE — Justus Sheffield shook off early control problems to allow just two hits over six innings, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 2-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.

SEATTLE – The pitcher the Mariners like to call the “quiet assassin” found nothing but loud contact against the Los Angeles Angels, and the resulting timbre was a resonating defeat.

Born and raised in Spokane, Mills blossomed into a standout pitcher at Gonzaga. The Mariners selected him in the third round of the 2017 draft as a senior.

The Mariners know their season-long reliance for run production from the top three spots in the batting order isn’t possibly sustainable.

It took a brilliant outing from Yusei Kikuchi, perhaps his best since 2019, and one swing of the bat from Taylor Trammell to provide the minimal amount offense required for the Seattle Mariners to pick up a 1-0 win over the Houston Astros to avoid a four-game sweep and pick up a rare win at Minute Maid Park.

The morning after Wednesday’s frustrating late-inning implosion in a loss to the Houston Astros somehow felt worse for the Seattle Mariners.