SEATTLE -- Andrés Muñoz has made the All-Star Game two years in a row, his 1.73 ERA was the lowest by a Mariners pitcher (min. 60 innings) since 2007 and he’s rapidly climbing the franchise saves leaderboard. He’s had plenty of highlight moments with his right arm.

With his left , though? That’s a new one.

But that’s what happened in the top of the ninth inning of Seattle’s 3-2, 11-inning loss to Detroit in Game 1 of the ALDS , when Parker Meadows got a hold of a 2-2 slider on the outside corner and sent it right back where it came from -- only for Muñoz to snag it, just next to his face.

“I got scared, that was the only thing,” Muñoz said. “I’ve never got one like that before. It wasn’t hit that hard, but it felt like it was hit really hard. Especially because I land really agg

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