Ryon Healy had four hits, including a home run, and drove in three runs to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 6-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.

The Mariners are halfway through the 2018 baseball season. And it’s been an exemplary first half. Does it bode well for the second – and beyond?

Marco Gonzales pitched a six-hitter for his first career complete game, Mitch Haniger and Mike Zunino homered, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1 on Friday night.

Nelson Cruz homered and drove in three runs, and the Seattle Mariners took advantage of two errors in the 10th inning to beat the Orioles 4-2 and complete their first four-game sweep at Baltimore in franchise history. The Mariners improved to 8-0 in extra innings this season. They prevailed in 11 innings on Wednesday, and won the four games at Camden Yards by a total of six runs.

Denard Span hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the 11th inning after Kyle Seager delivered a two-run homer in the ninth, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Orioles 8-7 Wednesday night to move within a victory of an unprecedented four-game sweep in Baltimore.

Kyle Seager homered and hit a pivotal two-run single in the eighth inning to back a fine pitching performance by James Paxton and help the Seattle Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-2. Paxton (7-2) struck out 10 over seven innings, allowing two runs and six hits. Edwin Diaz finished for his 29th save.

There may be better teams in baseball than the Seattle Mariners, including one notable, highly decorated example looming atop their own division. There are sexier teams, including the two American League East behemoths who just finished beating up on them last week. And there are more rigorously analytical teams, including, oh, just about everyone.

Dee Gordon’s slick seventh-inning bunt was the lone hit in a two-run uprising that put Seattle ahead for good, and the Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 Monday night for just their second win in eight games.

After Monday’s game in Baltimore, the Mariners will be exactly halfway through Robinson Cano’s 80-game suspension. They’ve thrived beyond anyone’s wildest expectation without him. But make no mistake: The Mariners miss Robinson Cano. And they still need Robinson Cano.

Chris Sale struck out 13 over seven dazzling innings, Mitch Moreland hit a two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox won the weekend and season series over the Seattle Mariners with a 5-0 victory on Sunday afternoon.

A night after Seattle pitchers gave up 14 runs on 20 hits, starter Mike Leake provided some calm to the storm of missed locations and hard-hit pitches.