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How they got there: Mariners 2022 season recap

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April 7: Ray out to 'set the tone'

Prized free-agent add Robbie Ray dazzled in his Mariners debut on Opening Day with 7 innings in a tense, 2-1 win

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April 15: Statement win over rival

After just missing the '21 postseason, Seattle welcomed its eager fans back with an 11-1 win over the AL champs

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June 8: Conquering their House of Horrors

After going 4-26 at Minute Maid Park from the start of 2019 until this June, Seattle won a series in Houston for the 1st time since Sept. 2018

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June 19: Alarm is sounding

Seattle fell to a season-worst 10 games under .500 on a day when play halted as an alarm began wailing at T-Mobile Park -- but it was the day the season turned around

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June 28: The benches clear

Simmering tensions came to a head after the Angels intentionally hit Jesse Winker, fueling an ugly benches-clearing fracas

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July 17: 14-game win streak

Seattle became the 1st team in AL/NL history to carry a streak of victories 14 games or longer into the All-Star break, having not lost in more than 2 weeks

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July 19: Julio stars in HR Derby

Star rookie Julio Rodríguez had an electric coming-out party on the national stage, hitting a whopping 81 HRs in the Derby and reaching the final round

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Aug. 3: Castillo’s thrilling debut

The front office signaled it was all-in by acquiring Luis Castillo at the Trade Deadline, and the 2-time All-Star dazzled in his team debut -- a series-clinching win at Yankee Stadium

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Aug. 9: Game of the Year

On a night dominated by elite pitching and defense, the club outlasted the Yankees in an epic 13-inning battle that had all the ingredients of an instant classic

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Aug. 27: Julio staying put

Ownership made a massive commitment to the budding superstar, signing him to a deal that guarantees $210 million and could max out as the richest in MLB history

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Sept. 4: The never-ending rain delay

The Mariners went 6-0 on a road trip through the AL Central, but they had to outlast a 4-plus-hour rain delay and extra innings in Cleveland to pull it off

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Sept. 11: Conquering the champs

The 'pen coughed up 5 runs in the 9th, but J-Rod tied it in the bottom half and Eugenio Suárez walked it off in front of a sellout crowd to cap a rollicking win

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Sept. 25: Adversity strikes

In the driver’s seat to secure the top AL Wild Card, the Mariners went 3-7 on a brutal road trip through Anaheim, Oakland and KC -- including a blown 9-run lead in the finale

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Sept. 30: Walking off into October

The Mariners ended their 20-year postseason drought in dramatic fashion with Cal Raleigh's walk-off home run

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Oct. 8: Wild Card comeback for ages

The Mariners clinched an ALDS berth in epic fashion, erasing a 7-run deficit for the second-largest comeback in postseason history

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Oct. 15: Mariners eliminated

The Mariners' first trip to the postseason since 2001 came to an end when they were swept by the Astros in 3 games