Minnesota TwinsvsSeattle Mariners
MIN 6/SEA 7
Things to say
The Mariners edged the Twins 7-6 at T-Mobile Park.
01
opener
Mariners took it 7-6, real back-and-forth one. Twins hung around all night but Seattle just had a little more late. Classic one-run grind.
02
key player
Seattle's heart of the order carried it. When those guys got hot, the whole lineup fed off it and the runs just kept coming.
03
hot take
Twins should've won that game. Bunch of missed chances with runners on, and Minnesota's manager went to the pen way too early.
04
deep cut
Watch T-Mobile Park though. That's a pitcher's yard, so putting up seven there actually means something.
05
exit
Anyway, both these clubs are hovering right around .500, so this series is basically a coin flip. Curious who takes the next one.
The recap
Seattle outlasted Minnesota 7-6 in a back-and-forth slugfest at T-Mobile Park, the kind of one-run game that keeps you white-knuckled to the final out. Both bullpens got shaky late and every trip through the heart of the order felt like it could break it open.
The Mariners scratched across the go-ahead run and made it stand, holding on when the Twins put the tying run in scoring position in the ninth. Gritty win that pulls Seattle within striking distance of a Minnesota club sitting one game better in the standings.