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While the Seattle Mariners are trying to avoid an early end to their season, the Minnesota Twins need a late-season win streak to avoid an ugly bit of franchise history. The Mariners remain in the thick of the American League wild-card race heading into Sunday's series finale at Target Field but cannot have slip-ups like Saturday night's power outage if they are to make the postseason for the first time since 2001. "They're all important," Mariners manager Scott Servais said after Saturday's 3-2 loss cost Seattle a chance to advance on the Detroit Tigers, who also lost. Continue to Article

September 25, 2016 2:59:am EST

Already battling the Tigers, Astros, Orioles and Blue Jays for a wild-card slot in the American League playoffs, the Mariners now face another potentially daunting opponent as they head into the second game of their current six-game road swing -- distraction. Seattle faces the Twins on Saturday evening in Minnesota having won big in the series opener on Friday by a 10-1 score. The Mariners will send lefty Ariel Miranda (5-1) out to face Minnesota right-hander Tyler Duffy (8-11). Continue to Article

September 24, 2016 1:15:am EST

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Seattle Mariners have named Justin Hollander as director of baseball operations. Continue to Article

September 23, 2016 8:47:pm EST

Reserve catcher Steve Clevenger was suspended for the rest of the season without pay Friday by the Seattle Mariners in the wake of his tweets regarding a recent police shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the Black Lives Matter movement. ''As soon as we became aware of the tweets posted by Steve yesterday we began to examine all of our options in regard to his standing on the team,'' General manager Jerry Dipoto said in a statement. Dipoto said Clevenger was informed of the suspension on Friday. Continue to Article

September 23, 2016 5:21:pm EST

Baseball's Seattle Mariners suspended Steve Clevenger for the rest of the season on Friday, as the backup catcher apologized for tweeting that protesters in Charlotte, North Carolina, should be "locked behind bars like animals". "As soon as we became aware of the tweets posted by Steve yesterday we began to examine all of our options in regard to his standing on the team," Mariners executive vice president and general manager of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto said Friday. The Major League Baseball team had already said it was "very disappointed" in the tweets posted on Clevenger's account. Continue to Article

September 23, 2016 3:00:pm EST

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