When Oregon Sports News went on hiatus for a summer break on June 21st, the Seattle Mariners were 29-39, ten games under .500, and coming out of a much-needed off day. As the presses were grinding to a stop in Portland and across the Pacific Northwest at large (a metaphoric reference to a 20th-century relic known as newspapers), the Mariners went on a five-game winning streak. However, things still looked bleak at five games under .500, especially as they lost back-to-back games to the Los Angeles Angels and the Baltimore Orioles to fall back to seven games under .500. Then something miraculous happened. They won three, lost to
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