October 8 is the Greatest Date in Seattle Mariners History
Coup De Gras
Top of the ninth, and Romano was still pitching. With one out, Cal Raleigh doubled into the right-center gap. With two outs, Adam Frazier lined the first pitch he saw from Romano into the rightfield corner to plate Raleigh and give the M’s an improbable 10-9 lead.
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The Blue Jays brought in Adam Cimber and intentionally walked Santana before actually walking Dylan Moore to load the bases. The Mariners threatened to add insurance runs, but Crawford grounded out to end the inning.
Closing it Out
Scott Servais again did Scott Servais things. The Seattle Mariners skipper brought in George Kirby to close out the ninth with tickets to Houston on the line despite the rookie’s lack of relief experience and no relief experience.
After a nine-pitch duel with Hernandez, Kirby got him to finally ground out to short. After a walk to Matt Chapman, he got Danny Jansen to strikeout, then Ramiel Tapia flew out on an 0-2 pitch to Julio Rodriguez, ending the game.
The Seattle Mariners move on to Round 2 and finally host a playoff game. T-Mobile Park will be rocking next Saturday.
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For those Mariners fans that didn’t see the 1995 game, this might’ve been the greatest game they’ve ever seen. Those that have been around long enough to have seen both, know. They know that this was a fantastic comeback, but not quite a franchise saving game. Either way, October 8 is the greatest date in Seattle Mariners history.