ARLINGTON, Texas – This was not what Bryan Woo envisioned in his return to the site of his big-league debut.

ARLINGTON, Texas – After every home run hit by the home team here, fireworks blast out from the top of the scoreboard high above the right-field stands at Globe Life Field.

ARLINGTON, Texas – Not a lot to like, from the Mariners’ perspective, about what happened again at Globe Life Field.

ARLINGTON, Texas – Much has changed in the 3½ months since the Mariners and Rangers last saw each other.

SEATTLE – Most significant 10-game stretch since …

OAKLAND, Calif. – For the Mariners, their final off day of the regular season will be a welcomed respite to rest, recover and ready themselves for the final push for the postseason – an emotionally charged sprint of 10 games in 10 days against the two teams they are directly competing with for the American League West

OAKLAND, Calif. – Two days ago, as they packed for the final road trip of the regular season, the disappointment and the uncertainty couldn’t be hidden in the Mariners’ clubhouse at T-Mobile Park.

OAKLAND, Calif. – A “get-right” series?

OAKLAND, Calif. – With a dozen games remaining in the 2023 season, and the outcome of each vital to the Mariners’ goal of returning to the postseason, is manager Scott Servais concerned about his players trying to force situations and results, particularly with runners in scoring position?

A glance at the dugout in the late innings offered a glimpse of the disappointment.

SEATTLE – Perhaps the losses that should’ve been victories will be forgotten in the celebratory Champagne shower of another return trip to the postseason … if there is one.