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For baseball fans without any vested interests in the eight teams playing this weekend, yesterday was just about the perfect day of games. The four games delivered just the right combination of tension and action—the formula for any good baseball game—by showcasing the variety of genres only our ...

TORONTO — How do you recover from an awful outing from your starting pitcher, a worse showing from one of your best relievers and a seven-run deficit with everything seemingly working against you and a sold-out crowd cheering against you like it’s Thunderdome?

When manager Scott Servais warned those listening in his pregame media session that they might see some unique pitching decisions, including a position player pitching, the idea of Luis Torrens being brought in to pitch in a tie game in extra innings, well, that wasn’t on the list of likely…

After two decades of bad decisions and bad bounces and bad play, it’s time for Seattle baseball to celebrate again.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A good start came apart quickly for José Suarez, continuing to show the caution flag in his otherwise encouraging second half.

DETROIT — Didn’t take long for the playoff-contending team to distinguish itself from the team playing out the string.

SEATTLE — The pitching ranged from filthy to unhittable at times, including a parade of relievers making life miserable for hitters. Runs were scarce, needing to be manufactured 90 feet at time and scored on sacrifice flies. The tension in a packed T-Mobile Park grew as each inning passed with…

SEATTLE — The Mariners didn’t just survive their 20-game gauntlet out of the All-Star break that featured 13 games against the Yankees and Astros, they punctuated it in style.

SEATTLE — On a night the Mariners flailed in vain against Justin Verlander, they took a huge swing ... and connected.

SAN DIEGO — When is a band not a band?

It's no longer surprising for memoirs by music stars and celebrities to contain some major disclosures, be it Mariah Carey confessing to an extramarital affair with baseball great Derek Jeter or Carlos Santana revealing that he was subjected to sexual abuse as a child.