Mariners making move in AL West
Seattle crosses .500; just two games out of first
PHOENIX — The postgame music in the visitors’ clubhouse at Chase Field told the story, the hip-hop beat blaring the anthem: “Hey, it’s a new day.” Is it ever. The Mariners are over .500, within two games of the American League West lead and enjoying every minute of it. “We’re playing happy,” second baseman Jose Lopez said after a 10-3 victory Wednesday over the Diamondbacks. “Coming into the dugout, coming into the clubhouse with the music playing, it’s happy.” A team that a month ago couldn’t buy a smile is playing loose, hitting on all cylinders and winning at a pace Seattle hasn’t seen in a long time. With two games remaining in June, the Mariners are 17-7, the most wins they’ve had in a month since June 2003. They’ve crested .500 at 40-39 — the first time they’ve had a winning record since they were 3-2 on April 2 — and have clinched their seventh win in the past eight series.
The CFO and I will be at the game Saturday, hopefully to see the M’s take over first place in the AL West. Who’d thunk it in May? Not me.
