SEATTLE — Even if they were somehow able to keep Mike Trout from hitting another home run against them, the Seattle Mariners have still allowed him to almost single-handedly win the five-game series.
Even if they were actually able to generate more than a random hit with runners in scoring position to score at least four runs or more — their seemingly magic number to even hope for victory — it won’t mean this broken offense has been fixed by a duct-tape performance.
Even if the Mariners were somehow to do those two things — that have seemingly felt impossible at times — and pull out a victory Sunday, this homestand should and will still be considered an abysmal failure with consequences coming in the days ahead.
