MARINERS COMMENTARY

ARLINGTON, Texas – The milestone had meaning even when he tried to hide it at first and credit others for what he’d achieved.

The San Francisco Giants were playing their own game, just down the steps from the home clubhouse at Oracle Park, but Carlos Rodón and some of his teammates stayed inside. Down the coast, Clayton Kershaw was working on a perfect game for the Los Angeles Dodgers. History was streaming through a laptop.

ARLINGTON, Texas – The versions of the adage come in different forms depending on the manager at the time.

ARLINGTON, Texas – After losing their last nine games against them and 10 of the 12 meetings this season, the Texas Rangers finally found a way to beat the Seattle Mariners, prevailing 7-4.

ARLINGTON, Texas — The results didn’t come immediately. At times, the familiar failures with runners in scoring position were anguishing. But with each extended plate appearance, dragging past six pitches, forcing the Rangers to roll out reliever after reliever — none of them exceptional — a Mariners’ lineup restored to full strength eventually provided the production to match the potential.

ARLINGTON, Texas — The screams of “Julio! Julio!” filled the air of Globe Life Field as the Mariners’ man-child of a rookie jogged on to the field for pregame workout.

SEATTLE – In the clubhouse Wednesday, Robbie Ray caught a snippet of the Mariners’ broadcast when his excellent seven-inning outing had ended after perhaps one pitch too many.

Tucker, a 4-year-old Labrador retriever, secured his role as team dog after being adopted from Okandogs, a nonprofit dog adoption organization in Cashmere.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Even without a game on Thursday, Mariners fans can feel victorious knowing that Julio Rodriguez will be back in the starting lineup on Friday night at Globe Life Park for the start of the three-team, nine-game road trip.

SEATTLE – It’s tempting to say that this feels a lot like last year. For the second consecutive season, the Mariners are piling up one-run victories as if they don’t know any other way to win.

SEATTLE — For all of their success leading into the All-Star break, which included a 14-game win streak and a stretch of 22-3 baseball, an uncertainty surrounding the Seattle Mariners could be felt, at least outside the clubhouse doors.