SEATTLE — When Jake Lamb launched a mammoth solo homer in the bottom of the seventh inning, sending a “sold-out” crowd of 45,586 into a frenzy, providing a surreal moment for a kid that grew up on Queen Anne and went to Seattle Mariners games as a kid, victory seemed apparent if not automatic.
In the bullpen, Andres Munoz was warming to face the top of the Cleveland Guardians order in the top of the eighth after the garish entrance video and music debuted during this homestand.
Lamb had just provided one big run of cushion, turning a one-run game into a two-run lead.
