Mariners capture series with 4-3 win over Oakland A’s make believers of non-believers.

GAME NOTES FROM OAKLAND SERIES

ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners captured the series win vs. Oakland with a 4-3 win yesterday…have won 3 consecutive games and are 9-4 in their last 13 games, 20-10 over their last 30, 23-11 over their last 34 and 33-20 over their last 53…are 21-13 in day games and 33-33 at night…are 32-21 at T-Mobile Park and 22-25 on the road…are 45-14 when scoring at least 4 runs and 9-32 when scoring 3 or fewer runs…are 38-3 when out-hitting their opponent.

• Last 11 Series – The Mariners have won or split 10 of their last 11 series, owning an 8-1-2 series record in their last 11 after taking 3 of 4 from Oakland.
• SEA-biscuit – Seattle trailed 2-0 in yesterday’s 4-3 win…earned their second consecutive and 23rd comeback win of the season.
• You Must Whiff It – Paul Sewald leads the Majors in strikeouts-per-9 innings (15.73) among pitchers with at least 30 IP…leads Aroldis Chapman-NYY (15.58) and Josh Hader-MIL (15.43).
• Side of Gravy – Kendall Graveman ranks 3rd in MLB and leads the American League with a 0.69 WHIP…he also leads the AL with a .140 (15×107) opponent average among pitchers with at least 30 IP.
• More with Less – Seattle’s 4-3 win yesterday marked their first win of the season without registering an extra-base hit…improved to 1-10 when not recording an extra-base hit in a game.
• Yesterday – The Mariners recalled RHP Ryan Weber (#53) and optioned INF Donovan Walton to Triple-A Tacoma.

HIGH WATER MARK…the Mariners enter tonight’s game with a 54-46 record…they are a season-high 8 games above .500, the first time they are 8 games above since April 20, 2019, when they were 16-8…with a win tonight, they would be 9 games above .500 for the first time since April 13, 2019, when they were 13-4.

NOT DONE WITH ONE RUN…the Mariners have won 3 consecutive games by 1 run for the first time since May 20-23, 2018…they have won 3 straight by 4-3, 5-4, and 4-3 scores, respectively…Seattle is 23-8 (.742) in 1-run games this season, the most wins and best winning percentage in games decided by 1 run in the Majors this season…Cincinnati (.643, 18-10) has the 2nd-best winning percentage, while the New York Mets (20) have the 2nd-most 1-run wins…if Seattle wins tonight’s game by 1 run, it will be the third time in franchise history that the Mariners have won 4 consecutive games by 1 run…they did it from Aug. 21-24, 1998, and June 8-11, 2007.

MIGHTY MITCH…Mitch Haniger has reached base safely in 23 of his last 24 games since June 25…in that span, Mitch is batting .333 (30×93) with 25 runs, 3 doubles, 9 home runs, 21 RBI, 9 walks, and 4 hit-by-pitches…he’s also hit safely in 13 of his last 15 games since July 6…on the season, Mitch is batting .265 (99×373) with 70 runs, 18 doubles, 1 triple, 25 home runs, 62 RBI and 28 walks…among American League players with at least half of their games played in the outfield, Haniger ranks 1st in runs (70), 1st in home runs (25), T2nd in RBI (62), 2nd in extra-base hits (44), 2nd in total bases (194), 3rd in hits (99) and 3rd in slugging percentage (.520).

YOU GOTTA RELIEVE…Seattle’s bullpen is 26-14 with 28 saves and a 4.02 ERA (172 ER, 385.0 IP) with 336 hits allowed, 136 walks, and 392 strikeouts this season…FanGraphs pegs Mariners relievers as the 2nd-most valuable by Wins Above Replacement (4.8) this season, trailing only Tampa Bay (5.2)…the bullpen’s 3.55 Fielding Independent Pitching also ranks 2nd in the Majors to Tampa Bay (3.40).

• JT Chargois (H, 0.1 IP, 1 SO yesterday) has inherited 5 baserunners over his last 3 outings and has not allowed any of them to score…he has a 2.12 ERA (7 ER, 29.2 IP) with 6 walks and 29 strikeouts in 30 games this season…Seattle is 20-10 in JT’s appearances.
• Anthony Misiewicz (H, 1.1 IP, 1 SO) has a 1.76 ERA (3 ER, 15.1 IP) with 2 walks and 16 strikeouts in his last 16 games…he’s held opponents to a .148 (8×54) batting average in that span.
• Drew Steckenrider (SV#3, 1.0 IP, 1 H) is 3-2 with 3 saves and a 2.08 ERA (9 ER, 39.0 IP) with 12 walks and 41 strikeouts in 35 appearances this season.
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LONG DIVISION…the Mariners play the 5th of 10 consecutive games against the American League West Division, their 3rd-longest intra-divisional streak this season…Seattle is 24-16 (.600) in 40 games against the AL West this season and 30-30 in 60 games outside the division…Seattle went 9-5 during a season-high 14-game stretch against divisional opponents from May 24-June 6…the Mariners play their final 13 games of the regular season within the division.

TY ONE ON…Ty France went 1-for-3 with a run scored and hit-by-pitch yesterday…is batting .400 (14×35) with 6 runs, 2 doubles, 1 home run, 7 RBI, and 3 hit-by-pitches in his last 9 games…in 53 games since returning from the Injured List on May 24, the Mariners are 33-20 (.623) and Ty is batting .308 (61×198) with 24 runs, 13 doubles, 6 home runs, 30 RBI, 11 walks and 11 hit-by-pitches in that span…his 16 hit-by-pitches this season are tied with Mark Canha-OAK and Jonathan India-CIN for most in the Majors.

SEVEN-UP…Luis Torrens went 1-for-4 with a run batted in yesterday, extending his career-high hitting streak to 7 games (7/18-c)…is batting .304 (7×23) with 4 runs, 3 home runs, and 4 RBI with a 1.056 OPS during the streak…since June 15, is batting .275 (25×91) with 16 runs, 1 double, 1 triple, 10 home runs, 19 RBI and 12 walks…he’s gotten on-base at a .359 clip, slugging .637 with a .997 OPS in that span.

LOAD ‘EM UP FOR SEAGER…Kyle Seager delivered a game-tying, 2-run single with the bases loaded to score J.P. Crawford and Mitch Haniger as part of a 4-run bottom of the 3rd in yesterday’s win…Seager is batting .349 (38×109) with 11 doubles, 5 grand slams, and 120 RBI in 136 career plate appearances with the bases loaded…Kyle is rated as FanGraphs’ 2nd-most clutch player in the Majors this season with a 1.53 “Clutch” metric…he trails only his teammate J.P. Crawford (1.58).

RUNNERS IN SLUGGING POSITION…the Mariners went 3-for-6 with runners in scoring position yesterday…on the season, they are tied with Houston for the 2nd-highest slugging percentage (.471) in MLB with runners in scoring position, trailing only Toronto (.478)…Seattle is batting .264 (189×715) with RISP, 7th-best in MLB…the Mariners are 1 of 2 AL clubs (other: Chicago) with 4 players batting .300 or better with RISP (min. 50 PA each): J.P. Crawford is batting .356 (21×59) with RISP,  Ty France is batting .346 (28×81), Mitch Haniger is batting .343 (23×67) and Kyle Seager is batting .309 (25×81).