The Seattle Mariners open up a critical four-game series on Monday afternoon against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland. It will be the final series for the M's i

To make matters worse, the Mariners played poorly in the game. They got a pitch-filled and inefficient outing from Bryce Miller, a mental mistake from Julio Rodriguez in center field that allowed the go-ahead run to get into scoring position and a baserunning mistake from Luke Raley in the top of the ninth inning as the tying run in a 3-2 loss.

C ontinuing their vengeance for the Mickey Mop, the Angels did their part to make sure the Mariners also won’t be seeing the postseason this year, taking today’s game and the