The Seattle Mariners that surged in September to their first AL West title in 24 years were a complete team.

They pitched.

They fielded.

They hit.

The Seattle Mariners that showed up in Game 1 of the American League Division Series on Saturday night were nearly there. There was just one thing that was incomplete: the hitting, with their six total hits coming from only Julio Rodríguez and Cal Raleigh.

That was the ballgame.

As evidenced by the 3-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers in extra innings , two runs on six hits is probably not going to be enough to win in October. And the other thing about October is when you lose a game in a best-of-five series, you start feeling like your back is up against the wall pretty quick.

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