Week 16 Recap
| Date | Away Team | Score | Home Team | Score | Result |
| 7/14 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7/15 | National League | 3 | American League | 5 | W |
| 7/16 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7/17 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7/18 | Mariners | 2 | Angels | 3 | L/16 |
| 7/19 | Mariners | 3 | Angels | 2 | W/12 |
| 7/20 | Mariners | 5 | Angels | 6 | L |
A short week with the All-Star game and the surrounding break early in the week. Felix, Cano, Seager, and Rodney all helped the American League beat the National League in the Midsummer Classic and secured home field advantage for the Mariners in this year’s World Series. (If you want to take a brief look at home field advantage, check out my post on the King’s Court)
The Mariners resumed play with a three game series against the Angels. There was a ton of hype surrounding the three game series against the Athletics right before the break but this Angels series was just as important, if not even moreso. The Mariners and Angels needed ten extra innings to settle these three games and, after two walk-off wins, the Angels emerged triumphant. So this marathon of a series and the Athletics series last weekend have shown us that the Mariners can play competitively with the top two team in the division and AL. We’re not at the point where I’d be confident in a one game playoff but we’re close. The trade deadline is July 31, just a week and a half away. Let’s see if Jack Zduriencik has any more magic up his sleeve.
Knowledge: Boats 