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Playoff Picture: Seattle Mariners hold serve with series win
After a rough 2-7 East Coast road trip, the Seattle Mariners returned home to the friendly confines of T-Mobile Park and took two of three from the Athletics.
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The Mariners eked out a 3-2 win on Friday night, lost a 2-1 heartbreaker in 10 innings on Saturday night and then exploded for an 11-4 victory on Sunday afternoon – highlighted by Cal Raleigh’s historic 48th and 49th home runs of the season.
What does the playoff picture look like now? Here’s a quick breakdown.
AL West race
The Mariners (70-61) are two games back of the American League West-leading Astros (72-59), who took three of four from the Baltimore Orioles this weekend. The lone remaining series between the M’s and Astros – a three-game set in Houston on Sept. 19-21 – continues to loom ever more important.
AL wild card race
Seattle is in a virtual tie with the New York Yankees (69-60) for the second wild card spot. Both teams are 1.5 games back of the Boston Red Sox (71-59), who hold the top wild card spot. The Red Sox are going for a four-game sweep of the Yankees on Sunday night.
There continues to be a bit of breathing room between Boston, New York, Seattle and the other top wild-card contenders. The Mariners are three games ahead of the Kansas City Royals (67-64), 4.5 games ahead of the Texas Rangers (66-66) and five games ahead of the slumping Cleveland Guardians (64-65).
Playoff and World Series odds
According to Fangraphs, Seattle has an 89.4% chance of reaching the playoffs and a 41.7% chance of winning the AL West. The Astros remain the AL West favorite, with a 56.9% chance of winning the division.
FanGraphs continues to see the Mariners as an especially dangerous team should they get to October. Seattle has the fourth-best odds to win the AL pennant (16.2%) and the sixth-best odds to win the World Series (8.3%).
Up next
The second half of the Vedder Cup begins on Monday night, when the Mariners host the interleague rival San Diego Padres for a three-game series at T-Mobile Park. The M’s swept the Padres in San Diego on May 16-18, which means they need only one more win against the Friars to clinch the inaugural Vedder Cup trophy.
The Padres (74-57) are tied with the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers for first place in the National League West.
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Mets place former Seattle Mariners 2B/DH Jorge Polanco on IL
CHICAGO (AP) — The struggling New York Mets placed former Seattle Mariners second baseman/designated hitter Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a right wrist contusion.
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The move was made retroactive to Wednesday, a day after Polanco went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a 2-1 loss at the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 32-year-old Polanco is batting .179 (10 for 56) with a homer and two RBIs in his first season with New York, which has lost nine straight.
“When doctors first took a look at him, it looked like he got hit by a pitch when he didn’t,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “In talking to him, it was just a couple of swings that he took that night. … He didn’t think much of it, but just got worse the following day.
“So you just got to let it calm down a little bit and then we’ll go from there. But we don’t have a timetable for how long this is going to last.”
Polanco, who signed a two-year, $40 million contract with the Mets in December, also has been dealing with an ankle issue.
“He was trending in the right direction,” Mendoza said of the ankle injury. “It’s definitely going to help, obviously now with him being shut down. But the biggest thing now is that we’ve got to take care of that wrist.”
Polanco spent the previous two seasons with the Mariners, who acquired him in a February 2024 trade with the Minnesota Twins.
Polanco struggled during his first season with Seattle in 2024, hitting just .213 with 16 homers in 118 games while playing through a knee injury that didn’t become public knowledge until after the season.
But after the Mariners somewhat surprisingly brought him back for a one-year contract in 2025, Polanco rebounded to hit .265 with 26 homers and an .821 OPS in 138 games last season. He then added three homers during Seattle’s playoff run, along with a 15th-inning walkoff single in Game 5 of the American League Division Series that sent the Mariners to their first ALCS in 24 years.
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Brandon Nimmo hits leadoff homer, Jacob deGrom works 4 scoreless as Rangers beat Seattle Mariners 5-0
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – APRIL 17: Corey Seager #5 of the Texas Rangers tags out Dominic Canzone #8 of the Seattle Mariners during the fourth inning at T-Mobile Park on April 17, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers / Getty Images)
SEATTLE – Brandon Nimmo hit a leadoff home run, Jacob deGrom threw four shutout innings and Gavin Collyer earned his first career win as the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Friday night.
Seattle lost its fourth straight game, and was shut out for the fourth time in 21 games, falling to 8-13. The Mariners were shut out six times during the 2025 season. Texas won its third straight game.
Nimmo led off the game with a 372-foot shot to right field off Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (1-3). It was Nimmo’s 16th career leadoff homer and second of the season. He also hit a leadoff home run on April 11 in a 6-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
DeGrom effectively maneuvered through Seattle’s lineup, and worked out of a one out, bases-loaded jam in the first inning. The two-time Cy Young Award winner recorded two of his three strikeouts after walking Josh Naylor to load the bases. Randy Arozarena fanned on a curveball, and Luke Raley swung through a fastball.
Texas added to its lead after Nimmo’s homer. Wyatt Langford’s single to left scored Corey Seager, who led off the third inning with a double. The Rangers stretched the lead to 3-0 on an RBI single from Jake Burger in the seventh.
The Mariners’ best scoring chance came in the sixth after Collyer (1-0), who worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings, left the game.
J.P. Crawford singled to left off Tyler Alexander with two out, and Mariners third base coach Carlos Cardoza sent Naylor from second base, but he was thrown out by Langford.
Texas added two more runs in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Andrew McCutchen and an RBI double by Josh Jung.
Seattle third baseman Brendan Donovan left the game early due to a left hip issue.
Mariners right-hander Bryce Miller, who started the year on the injured list with a left oblique injury, was at T-Mobile Park for the first time this season. He will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday.
Up next
Mariners RHP George Kirby (2-2, 3.25) will face Rangers righty Nathan Eovaldi (2-2, 5.40) on Saturday afternoon.
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Southbound I-5 closing overnight this weekend in Fife, WA for new sign
FIFE, Wash. – A portion of southbound I-5 will be closed overnight in Fife Friday and Saturday night, according to WSDOT.
The Washington State Department of Transportation says the purpose of the closure is to install a new electronic sign and will need two nights to do it.
Crews will close southbound I-5 from 54th Avenue to Port of Tacoma Road starting at 11 p.m. Friday night until 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Closures will resume Saturday night starting at 11 p.m. as well, and lanes will reopen Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m.
WSDOT says the closure will include the 54th Avenue ramps to southbound I-5.
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