So we've needed to get production up and down the lineup. The Mariners are getting just that. They moved past Cleveland into the AL lead in runs scored yesterday, and their average of 6.04 runs per game also is tops. The 17 hits and the 13 runs yesterday were Seattle season highs. And the 10-run margin of victory is the biggest yet in what has been a big season.
Home runs are nice, but what wins games are two-out hits.
And that's what we've been able to come up with consistently. Wilson's homer in the second came with two out. Charles Gipson's RBI single for the team's final run in the ninth inning came with two out. It grows on you. The guys believe in themselves and in each other.