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SEATTLE — In the players lounge of the Mariners clubhouse, which rarely gets used for anything other than pregame meetings, a small library, which is used even less, if at all, was installed featuring a collection of books mostly about motivation, self-help, leadership and improvement.

NEW YORK — The Yankees’ offense didn’t exactly experience some kind of breakthrough Tuesday night.

SEATTLE — The frustration was growing with each swing and miss and each "K" being written into the score book.

They’ve won back-to-back games on numerous occasions this season, though not enough to meet their own overall expectations. It certainly hasn’t felt that way given their back-and-forth inconsistency. They’ve swept the Athletics, who were hapless at the time and hard to beat in the last week, in a four-game series.…

The game was decided in the bottom of the 11th when Julio Rodriguez stepped to the plate with two outs and the bases loaded and his team down a run.

On a chilly night when the Brewers played like the better team, they also watched their starter, Corbin Burnes, one of the best pitchers in the National League, leave the game with an injury.

SEATTLE — On the day reserved for the celebration of the life and contributions of Jackie Robinson, the reigning winner of the American League Rookie of the Year award, which now is now named after Robinson, offered a reminder of why he won the prestigious award in a near-unanimous vote…

The Angels star struggled with the majors’ newest addition.

SEATTLE — A comeback victory was coming together for the Seattle Mariners.

SEATTLE — Over the course of baseball’s 162-game season, a game in which nothing seems to go right — whether it’s on the mound, in the batter’s box, in the field or some combination of all three — is going to happen. It’s unavoidable over that many games.

PEORIA, Ariz. — As large raindrops fell somewhere between a downpour and deluge, soaking the Phoenix valley, the early morning blackness somehow seemed darker in contrast to the handful of streetlights in the largely empty parking lot of the Mariners' spring training complex.