SEATTLE – Back home, and back to their chaotic ways.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – George Kirby decided he didn’t like the action of his curveball and how it worked against right-handed hitters.

ST. PETERSBURG – The victory doesn’t fix what is, and has been, wrong with the Mariners for much of the season – flaws that have been magnified in games away from the Pacific Northwest.

ST. PETERSBURG – The juxtaposition in execution, production, competitiveness, performance and resilience over the first two games at Tropicana Field has been so stark, so glaring.

ST. PETERSBURG — Bryan Woo’s voice grew quiet and the words didn’t come out easily as he tried to describe his disappointment of being sent to the injured list for the second time this season.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – This was more than the early “punch to the gut” they endured in the loss to close out the series in Miami.

MIAMI – Any expectation of holding on to their lead in the American League West, a number that has decreased from 10 games to six games over the last five days, and riding it to their first division title since 2001 will require something more important than the Mariners acquiring pieces at the trade deadline.

MIAMI – Just find a way to give him three runs while he’s in the game.

MIAMI – Victor Robles stood on third base, waiting for any chance to race home to put the Mariners ahead in the eighth inning.

CLEVELAND – The idea of it seems too good to be true, the two of them pitching out of the same bullpen.

CLEVELAND – It was a promising start to an important series two days earlier, and then a promising start to Thursday’s series finale.