Mariners battle for walkoff win over A's in 10 innings
Published in Baseball
SEATTLE — This much can be said about the Seattle Mariners as they play out the final series of the 2024 season — a three-game series with a team that is soon to be formerly known as the Oakland A’s — they are playing with the effort of a team still fighting to make the playoffs.
That dream died a few days ago, making this weekend series moot in terms of overall meaning.
But a fan watching the Mariners play Saturday evening at T-Mobile Park and unaware of their decided fate, might think they were seeing a team in a must-win situation.
When Leo Rivas raced for home on Justin Turner’s ground ball to second, diving headfirst toward the plate and just avoiding the tag from Shea Langeliers to give the Mariners a 7-6 walkoff victory in the bottom of the 10th, it had the Mariners spilling out of the dugout in celebration and a crowd of 33,007 standing and roaring.
It will make the Mariners overall record seem better, but it meant nothing else — well except to the players on the field.
Then again, playing hard has never been an issue for this team. Scoring runs and winning games has been the problem.
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