Mariners lose another one-run game against the Rangers that they should have won

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - APRIL 7: Josh Naylor #12 of the Seattle Mariners fouls off a pitch against the Texas Rangers during the eighth inning at Globe Life Field on April 7, 2026 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images) | Getty Images There will come a period in this season when time unsp

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There will come a period in this season when time unspools languorously, with the unobtrusive ease of a sport that plays a game nearly every day. The edges will soften, the agonies and exaltations abating in equal measure. You cannot sprint 162 times over.

Now is not that period. Now, time does not unspool. Time is a rusted coil of cables that has adhered to its massive spool on the docks through weather and neglect. It screeches when moved, an outraged howling against itself. Any ecstasy in progress

makes the inevitable stoppage even more excruciating. Orange leeches onto hands, smears across wood, stains all it touches, etching its furious reluctance into everything it possibly can.

Eventually, it will not feel like this.

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The Mariners are 12 games into the 2026 season, and…

…they have lost eight of those games.

(including the game tonight, against the Texas Rangers.)

…seven of those losses have been by two runs or fewer; five of them by one run.

(including the game tonight, against the Texas Rangers.)

…their starting pitching has looked so good.

(including the game tonight, against the Texas Rangers, when George Kirby went eight full innings with just 90 pitches, giving up three runs and no walks. He deserves to be Furious.)

…their defense has looked appalling.

(including the game tonight, against the Texas Rangers, when Brendan Donovan’s throwing error ultimately allowed a run to score. Which is never ideal, but is particularly not ideal when you lose a game by one run.)

…their baserunning has appeared wildly suspect.

(including the game tonight, against the Texas Rangers, when Luke Raley completely missed stepping on first base in the ninth inning and had to double back, which left him out of scoring position when J.P. Crawford singled in the next at-bat.)

…their offense has been putrid.

(including the game tonight, against the Texas Rangers, when they went an anemic 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position. Anyone remember Miles4RISP? Simpler times.)

…there are 150 games left in the regular season.

(Complimentary.) (Derogatory.)

…I have watched a lot of Rockies games.

(Go M’s)