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Seattle Mariners Set New Team Record with Pivotal Win vs. Oakland Athletics on Monday

By beating the Oakland Athletics on Monday night, the Seattle Mariners recorded their franchise-record 16th shutout of the season.

Brady Farkas

Seattle Mariners Set New Team Record with Pivotal Win vs. Oakland Athletics on Monday
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The Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0 on Monday night in a pivotal win in the American League playoff race.

The victory moved Seattle to 82-68 on the year and pulled them into a tie with the Texas Rangers for the third and final wild card spot in the American League. It also pulled them to within 1.0 game of the second spot and within 1.5 games of the Houston Astros in the American League West.

Also, the win assured that the Mariners will have a winning record in 2023. It's the third year in a row for the M's with that distinction, and they are trying to make the playoffs for the second straight season.

Rookie Bryan Woo went five scoreless innings, striking out six. He then passed it off to Tayler Saucedo, Justin Topa, Trent Thornton and Isaiah Campbell, who all tossed scoreless innings as well.

With the shutout, the M's set a new team record for shutouts this season. Per @MarinersPR

The @Mariners record their 16th shutout win of the season, setting a franchise record for most shutouts in a season. Seattle’s 16 shutouts also lead @MLB, ranking ahead of Atlanta (15).

What the Mariners' staff has accomplished this year has been quite impressive considering they lost rotation stalwarts Robbie Ray and Marco Gonzales for the season to injury. Ray only made one start, getting hurt in the second game of the year.

The Mariners will take on the Athletics again on Tuesday night with first pitch at 9:40. For scoreboard watching purposes, the Blue Jays battle the Yankees and the Rangers host the Red Sox.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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