Seattle is the walk-off capital of baseball lately, and Shed Long Jr. provided the most dramatic one yet.
Long delivered the third walk-off win in the last four nights with a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning to give the Mariners a 6-2 win over the Rays on Father’s Day at T-Mobile Park and complete a four-game sweep of the reigning American League champions. Given how well Seattle has been playing as of late, it’s appropriate that the breaks are going their way.
Kyle Seager kicked off the recent wave of late-inning heroics on Friday. After Long drove in the tying run with a double, Seager came off the bench to deliver a game-winning single.
Two nights later, Mitch Haniger got in on the festivities. On the very first pitch he saw in the bottom of the 10th inning, Haniger pulled one into left field to drive in J.P. Crawford, who read the ball perfectly and easily scored from second base.
On Sunday, Long connected on a pitch from Diego Castillo for his first home run of the season, and one of the more dramatic moments of the campaign thus far.
