Seattle Mariners Season Review: Top 5 Moments of May

5. Mariners Get Swept By Twins- May 29th

It was a devastating series for the Mariners, and it would come back to haunt them. When they faced the Minnesota twins, their opponents were the worst team in baseball. Therefore, it seemed probable that Mariners would continue to hold on to first place in the AL west by series end.

Before the start of the three game match-up, the M’s had spent all but three days of May in first place. Something the Mariners and there fans have not been used to for quite some time.

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In the first game, Felix Hernandez was roughed up pretty good for six runs over six innings. The M’s would lose the series opener 7-2 because of King Felix’s inconsistent day. In the second game, the Twins would attack Wade Miley and Nick Vincent for six runs as they edged out the Mariners 6-5.

The two wins would capture a series victory, and drop the M’s out of first place for the first time in nearly two weeks. However, the matter of being swept was still up in the air.

Taijuan Walker would take the mound the next day. He would be smashed around for three home runs, three other hits (including a double) and two walks in only 4.1 innings pitched. The Mariners would try and stage a late comeback in the ninth, but would fall one run short. The M’s would be swept by baseball’s basement dwellers in a shocking turn of events.

It was only the third time the Mariners had been swept all year. The sweep was a major turning point in the standings. It would be the beginning of the M’s starting to level out while the Texas Rangers would streak right past them and retain first place from that point of the season on.