MINNEAPOLIS — For so many games this season, they’ve watched their pitchers make their minimal run support stand up with their sheer dominance on the mound.

And roughly 24 hours earlier, they looked feckless and overmatched, being held to one run on three hits while striking out 14 times.

But in a game where the starters didn’t dominate and the bullpen wasn’t completely lockdown, the Mariners’ offense — that much-maligned group of largely underachieving hitters — was the sole reason for Seattle’s 10-6 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

Ten runs? From the Mariners?

Indeed, for the second time this season, Seattle reached double figures in runs scored.

But it was how the Mariners scored the bulk of their runs — eight runs over the final three innings — that was most impressive.

It started with more late-inning heroics from a player who was scheduled for a sort-of day off.

When the Mariners’ starting lineup for Tuesday’s game at Target Field was released early in the afternoon, Cal Raleigh was not in it. It’s happened a few times this season.

But neither Raleigh nor manager Scott Servais expected it to be an evening of rest for the Mariners starting catcher.

“He will probably end up in the game tonight,” Servais said pregame.

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