The Mariners just took two of three from a Phillies club with real playoff expectations. Seattle limped into August, but suddenly it looks like this team might be gearing up to make some noise in September. That doesn’t erase the damage already done, and Wednesday’s 6-0 loss wasn’t exactly inspiring. With these Mariners, we have to take the good with the bad.
Two nights made them look capable of chasing down a playoff spot; the finale exposed how thin their margin remains. Seattle’s rotation sits at the center of that tension, and the past two days gave us three very different developments to unpack.
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