Seattle Mariners Top-10 Games In Team History

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There have been 5,912 total games played by the Seattle Mariners, and throughout their history there have been 10 games that have stood out to a lot of people that they said were the greatest in Mariners history.

I’ve decided to name my top 10 favorite Mariners games of all time that have both stood out to me and that mean something to me as well.

10. 22 run putout against the Tigers (April 29, 1999)

This game is at number 10 for a good reason. The Mariners seemed to scored 10+ the most in 1999 but in one game against the Detroit Tigers 10+ wasn’t good enough. After 4 innings in this game the game looked to be a low scoring game, until the Tigers scored 4 runs in the top of the fifth inning.

That didn’t get the Mariners down though, they came back in the bottom of the fifth and scored a franchise high 11 runs and added 6 more in the bottom of the sixth.

Ken Griffey, Jr., hit two home runs and drove in 6 as the Mariners won 22-6.

9. Mariners final game in the Kingdome (June 27, 1999)

This one is remembered by a lot of Mariner fans. The last and final game in the Kingdome for the Mariners. They faced the Texas Rangers. The Rangers jumped out to a 2-0 lead but in the bottom of the first Griffey did it, he hit one final Kingdome home run with Brian Hunter and Alex Rodriguez on base to put the Mariners up 3-2.

They didn’t look back after that. Jr was the player of the game as he hit one final homer in the Kingdome but he made one more spectacular home run robbing catch. He robbed Juan Gonzalez of a 2-run home run that would have put the Rangers up in the game. This game also is special to me since I was at that game and the next day I re-watched it.

8. Mike Cameron ends a 19 inning marathon (August 1, 2000)

You always love to watch extra inning games, but when a game goes into 19 innings its just awesome to watch. I went to that game and stayed through all 19 innings and when Mike Cameron hit his walk off solo shot off former M’s pitcher Jeff Fassero to win one of the greatest extra inning games in M’s history and to celebrate with the 10,000+ that were still there it was just unreal.

7. Father and son go back-to-back (September 14, 1990)

Watching players go back-to-back is special but when Ken Griffey, Sr., and Jr did it against the Angels that was more special. There have only been 21 perfect games that have been pitched but when are you going to see a father and a son hit back-to-back home runs?

The Mariners may have lost that game but that moment shined above the Angels winning the game.

6. Randy Johnson pitches the first no-no in M’s history (June 2, 1990)

Who better to throw the first no hitter in Mariners history then the Big Unit Randy Johnson? This game saw Johnson go out and just dominate the Detroit Tigers. Johnson walked six Tiger batters but he had help to get him out of jams.

Jr made a catch in center that saved the no hit bid for Johnson. Randy would strike out 8 hitters including Mike Heath for the final out of the ball game. 

5. Edgar’s game against the Yankees in the 95 ALDS (October 7, 1995)

With their backs against the wall trailing 2 games to 1, 1 game from elimination Edgar Martinez helped Seattle send the 1995 American League Division Series to Game 5. Edgar blasted two home runs including a grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning off Yankees closer John Wetteland. Martinez had a Mariners playoff record 7 RBIs. This game was just another example of the Mariners “Refuse To Lose” attitude in 1995.

4. 8 run comeback on the Blue Jays (April 11, 2011)

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Most Mariner fans would question this game in my top 10 but this game is one of the greatest games I ever had the honor of being there live to watch. I have this at number 4 because I won $300 that night.

After Felix Hernandez was pounded by the Blue Jays my friends wanted to leave but I said no they are going to comeback and win this game. They said if that happens we’ll all give you $100 each. So, in the bottom of the seventh inning the M’s got their first run of the ballgame and then in the bottom of the eighth the M’s scored 5 more times. So my friends are looking at me and are thinking they may have to pay me.

In the bottom of the ninth Luis Rodriguez hit a walk off 2-run double to finish off one of the greatest comeback’s in Mariners history and give me the quickest $300 ever.

3. The Double (October 8,1995)

This game is the pinnacle of the Mariners baseball. The greatest playoff game in Mariners history, and my first playoff game to. At 5 years old it was just the greatest experience of my young life.

Edgar doubling down the left field line scoring Joey Cora and Jr to send the Mariners to the American League Championship Series. Its honestly hard to describe this game because everyone knows of just how important and how memorable this one playoff game was to this team and to the city.

The Kingdome that day to me felt like it was going to collapse because everyone was jumping up and down. And I think that had to be the loudest game ever played in Seattle sports history.

2. One game playoff game against the Angels (October 2, 1995)

“He scores! Everybody scores!” those words still are ringing in my ear. The Mariners fought all season long to get where they were in this one game, and Randy Johnson put on one of the greatest pitching performances in Mariners history.

Johnson went all 9 innings striking out 12 Angel hitters. Luis Sojo‘s bases clearing double was a big reason why the M’s won, the team put up 9 runs on the Angels and pounded former M’s pitcher Mark Langston.

This game is at number 2 since the fact that this one game sent us to the team’s first playoff appearance in team history and it capped off an amazing comeback in the season, as the M’s came back 13 games in August to win the AL West.

1. Felix’s perfecto (August 15, 2010)

There’s just no other choice. When Felix Hernandez started on August 15, 2010 he brought his A++ game. You knew something special was going to happen, on the first play of the games Eric Thames made a great running catch to record the first of 27 outs.

Brendan Ryan made a number of plays that saved Felix keep the perfecto bid. The M’s won 1-0 but just watching this game and watching Felix go out and pitch like he did was more special to watch then anything. Every out I was on the edge of my seat and I heard Rick Rizzs’ call before I heard Dave Sims. That day Felix was truly the King of Seattle.

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