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May I fill your glass halfway?

The Mariners and Astros won last night.

The Rangers now trail them by seven and five games. And the Wild Card chase is no help; Texas is 7.5 back on that front, needing to displace five teams just to claim the third and final spot.

Ask yourself, whether you’re an eternal optimist or a serial doomscroller, this question: Is it possible that the Mariners, winners eight times in their last 20 games, could go 33-34 the rest of the way?

Now, of course, we don’t know which middle-of-the lineup bat(s) Jerry Dipoto will add later this month, but we also don’t know if the Mariners will get hit on the injury front the way the Rangers and Astros have in the first half. The Seattle rotation is great — and basically has had only one health issue, with Bryan Woo and Emerson Hancock trading places on the injured list (the Rangers and Astros have each had 10 pitchers make starts) — but again, even with that starting pitching Seattle is in the midst of an 8-12 stretch. The offense is hitting .220 (29th out of the 30 teams in baseball) with a .669 OPS (27th). Seattle batters strike out more than any other team’s. By a lot.

So . . . is a 33-34 Mariners record the rest of the way conceivable?

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