The loud and sound brand of baseball that had defined the Mariners’ resurgence over the past week?

On the injured list for the first time in his career, Seattle Mariners star catcher Cal Raleigh (oblique strain) is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment Sunday with the Everett AquaSox.

Not very often will Patrick Wisdom and Jhonny Pereda be the names making the most significant contributions toward a victory.

SEATTLE – Coming into a game during extra innings as a pitcher is an immediate disadvantage. The automatic runner at second base makes it nearly impossible to walk off the mound with that runner never advancing.

SEATTLE – Sporting full catcher’s gear and a jovial disposition, Cal Raleigh made the long walk from the Mariners bullpen, through the outfield grass and back to the T-Mobile Park home dugout Monday afternoon.

An inch, maybe two — and we're likely having a different conversation. If Mariners second baseman Cole Young doesn't leap and make a run-saving snag on a two-out line drive in the eighth, then the outcome might have been piggy-wack. But Young did make the catch, and Seattle's front office suddenly looks like MLB's genius bar. As for how the M's look? Like the World Series-caliber squad so many ...

SEATTLE – The routine recently for Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh was pretty mundane and repetitive down in Arizona away from his teammates.

SEATTLE – Farewell, to the Mariners piggyback … for now. You were awkwardly executed and oddly effective.

SEATTLE – Good, clean, fun baseball.

SEATTLE – Already a familiar face among Kraken fans, Benny Drawbars is branching out this summer, bringing his organ stylings and a wave of nostalgia to T-Mobile Park.

SEATTLE – The next step in the slow progression for Cal Raleigh to return from his oblique injury has started.