SEATTLE — Boos rain down from the T-Mobile Park stands every time the Mariners play. Sometimes it's after an errant call — real or perceived — from an umpire. Other times it's on a failed pick-off attempt from the opposing pitcher throwing to first base.
But for the first time this season, at least by all accounts from the scribes populating the press box, the boo birds were aimed directly at the Mariners following their 4-1 defeat Wednesday. And they deserved every one of them.
Following their third straight series loss — this time to the lowly Nationals (32-48) — the Mariners dropped to 38-41 and fell to eighth in the American League wild-card standings. Every morsel of optimism fans might have felt when Seattle won consecutive series during the last homestand has evaporated.
