SEATTLE – For at least one more day, the Seattle Mariners can maintain the stubborn hope they can somehow find their way into Major League Baseball’s postseason.

SEATTLE – When it comes to scoreboard watching and hoping for other teams to suffer defeat to aid your postseason hopes, you still must win your own games for it to truly make a difference.

SEATTLE – The Seattle Mariners were trailing by two runs when Victor Robles stepped to the plate in the bottom of the first inning Tuesday night.

SEATTLE – In a season filled with brilliant outings from the pitching staff, including the most quality starts in all of Major League Baseball, the unique trio of George Kirby, Trent Thornton and Eduard Bazardo combined for possibly the Mariners’ best overall pitching performance of the season in Sunday’s 7-0 win over the Rangers.

SEATTLE – For the first time since he’s been a member of the Mariners, T-Mobile Park was transformed into RandyLand.

SEATTLE – In a season that has failed to live up to the high expectations held by fans and higher expectations held by himself, Julio Rodriguez delivered the sort of magical performance that has been missing far too often this season.

SEATTLE – Even as other teams provide them hope for an impossible outcome and offer opportunity for a mildly miraculous path to the postseason, the Mariners, as they’ve done since mid-June – under both managers – simply refuse to capitalize on what has been given.

SEATTLE – Roughly a week into his freshman year at Stetson University in fall 2015, a young and even more gangly Logan Gilbert joined a group of his new teammates for a field trip to see a former player from the Hatters program continue his domination of major league hitters.

SEATTLE – The frustration from losing a bid at perfection and then not being able to finish the seventh inning was obvious from Bryan Woo as he handed the ball to manager Dan Wilson.

George Kirby stood board stiff on the mound, staring at the center-field wall with a mixture of disgust and disbelief.

ST. LOUIS – Launch angle? Exit velocity? Barrel rate? xwOBA?