SAN DIEGO — Are they doing it again?
As the rhythmic chants of “Let’s Go Mariners! Let’s Go Mariners!” rang out from the vocal contingent of Seattle fans and players’ family seated behind the third base dugout, J.P. Crawford, his uniform covered in dirt and a smile on his face, acknowledged them as he returned to third base.
He had just ripped a laser over the head of center fielder Trent Grisham in the top of the ninth inning for what appeared to be a two-run triple, later verified by replay review, and removed any sort of drama for the ninth inning. Instead of Paul Sewald being asked to protect a two-run lead against the top of the Padres order, the veteran right-hander, who pitched at the University of San Diego, was able to shrug off a leadoff single from Jurickson Profar and work a scoreless inning to close out a 6-2 victory.
