Wasted Opportunity

That’s the only way to describe the Mariners game against the New York Yankees on Monday night. The 9th inning pretty much summed up the way most of the game went for Seattle.

Trailing 2-4 Yankees closer Mariano Rivera gave up a double and a single to start the ninth, putting runners at the corners. Then he struck out pinch-hitter Eduardo Perez, got Ichiro Suzuki on a popup and fanned Willie Bloomquist to finish off the Mariners.

"We had our chances," manager Mike Hargrove said. "We made three errors and they scored three runs off one of them. They made four errors and we scored one run off them. All their runs came with two outs. We just didn't get the big hit."

The silver lining in all of this is that the Rangers and Athletics both lost as well so Seattle is still just four games back. A-Rod also hurt one of million dollar toes and may not play Tuesday night adding to an injury list that already includes Gary Sheffield, Hideki Matsui and Robinson Cano. Maybe Seattle can steal one!