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TORONTO — The symmetry is too sweet to ignore.

TORONTO — After striking out the side in the seventh inning in his seemingly effortless fashion, whipping triple-digit fastballs with terrifying movement past hitters, freezing them with knee-buckling sliders and mixing in a few shake-your-head change-ups just because he could, Luis Castillo flashed a grin, removing his hat and offering…

OAKLAND, Calif. — The thing about a nearly empty stadium is that it can still be loud in different ways.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A defeat with the potential for a greater loss.

A journalism titan named Larry Stone tweeted Sunday that the Mariners were 47-19 since dropping 10 games below .500 after a mid-June series against the Angels. That was the same pace at which the Mariners won in 2001, when they tied the MLB record with 116 victories.

CLEVELAND — Perhaps the only thing that can slow down the Mariners on this road trip will be the rain showers that are expected to start early Sunday morning and the thunderstorms that are predicted follow right around the time of first pitch.

SEATTLE — The hope of the ball getting over the wall was faint off Cal Raleigh’s bat. But if it hit the wall, it would at least tie the game and allow the Mariners another chance at the expected victory they were in the process of frittering away.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Instead of forcing the Angels into another ninth-inning implosion of mistakes, this time the Mariners turned the ninth inning into an explosion of their own hits and runs.

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.