The Seattle Mariners won't be playing playoff baseball this season as a 6-1 loss to the Texas Rangers on Saturday afternoon combined with a Houston Astros win over the Arizona Diamondbacks eliminated the team from playoff contention.
The franchise streak of never making the playoffs in consecutive seasons remains intact after a deflating 6-1 loss to the Texas Rangers on Saturday afternoon put the Mariners on the brink of elimination. A 1-0 Houston Astros win over the Arizona Diamondbacks about 30 after Seattle's game ended, pushed them over the edge.help to find their way into the playoffs after losing a chance to control their own destiny over the previous week.
"It’s tough," catcher Cal Raleigh said. "We did have control and we just didn’t get it done at the end of the day. It falls on us, nobody except us and it’s something we’re going to have to live with this whole offseason." Josh Jung worked a walk to load the bases before Jonah Heim slapped a single through the infield to drive in two more runs for a 3-0 lead. Leody Taveras followed with a soft liner to right field that dropped in to score Jung and the Rangers lead was quickly 4-0.Castillo reached full counts on all five batters he walked but was unable to get the knockout punch.
Dylan Moore made a terrific diving catch in left field to rob Semien to finally end the third inning procession for Texas. Castillo threw 86 pitches in the outing and was unable to get out of the third inning. It was his shortest start in a Seattle uniform and the shortest appearance since May 22, 2019, in a start against the Milwaukee Brewers while he was pitching for the Cincinnati Reds.
Ty France singled with through the right side to lead off the inning and Sam Haggerty followed with a one-out single through the left side to put a pair of runners on. J.P. Crawford then dropped a jammed fly ball between three defenders in shallow right field to load the bases and chase Heaney from the game. But reliever Josh Sborz came in and forced Julio Rodríguez to fly out to left and got Eugenio Suárez to ground out to third base to eliminate Seattle's best chance of the game.
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