The Seattle Mariners escaped the dangerous Toronto Blue Jays by erasing a seven-run deficit – just the second team in playoff history to do so.
What followed were two decades of baseball darkness – a handful of solid Mariners teams simply not good enough to make the postseason, but mostly ill-fated signings, bad trades, uninspired managerial hires, a series of at times bumbling and only occasionally competent management.
These Mariners disarmed them quickly, striking for three runs in the first inning and winning Friday’s Game 1. But after the return of former Blue Jay Robbie Ray turned disastrous – the Mariners’ $115 million signing gave up a pair of booming home runs to Teoscar Hernandez – the Mariners faced an 8-1 deficit after five innings.Carlos Santana, batting from the right side, banged a three-run homer off lefty reliever Dominic Mayza to highlight a six-run sixth.
Romano gave up a hit to load the bases then recorded two strikeouts, looking for a moment like he might maintain this 9-6 lead.
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