"It felt impossible, after fine margins decided the first two games of their ALDS series, that the Seattle Mariners would be capable of winning a game comfortably, and yet here we are. They weathered Tarik Skubal while in Seattle, traveled to Detroit for a game that got just weird enough-thanks to a rain delay that pushed the start time back three hours and the channel to FS2-and won Tuesday's Game 3, 8-4 at that."
"There's a temptation to hedge, or find some new totemic representation of what is making this team win in the playoffs, or to try very, very hard not to jinx anything. But for all the Etsy witches hard at work in their labs, perhaps the most magical sensation in the world is the Mariners winning not because of charming, random bullshit, but because the team is legitimately performing well."
"First, it was Eugenio Suárez, one of the Mariners' two trade-deadline acquisitions, who turned on a fastball down the middle of the plate and made it a 3-0 ballgame in the top of the fourth inning. Then it was J.P. Crawford, batting ninth, who lined a sweeper to right field to make it 5-1 in the top of the sixth inning."
The Seattle Mariners won Game 3 of the ALDS 8-4 in Detroit after a rain delay and an unusual FS2 start. The team absorbed a start by Tarik Skubal in Seattle and then produced significant offense in Motown. Park-adjusted metrics ranked the Mariners as the third-best offense in baseball, reflecting sustained production rather than random luck. Eugenio Suárez homered on a fastball to make it 3-0 in the fourth. J.P. Crawford, batting ninth, added a run-scoring hit in the sixth. Cal Raleigh hit a 61st homer left-handed in the ninth, and a fan in the bullpen displayed a "DUMP 61 HERE" shirt.
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