[ThePundit]

A year ago, Seattle was wallowing below .500 and last in its division. Now the surging Mariners are leading the American League wild-card standings.

Ichiro Suzuki had three hits, Jose Vidro homered and drove in four runs, and the Mariners pounded the Orioles 8-4 in Baltimore on Wednesday night to move past the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees in the playoff race.


"If we play the way we normally do, we're capable of scoring a lot of runs," said Suzuki, who was in a 1-for-14 skid before coming to Baltimore. "We don't need to do anything special."

Detroit, 3-10 since July 25, lost 7-1 to Tampa Bay and fell percentage points behind the Mariners. The Yankees, playing without Alex Rodriguez because of a bruised calf, were routed 15-4 in Toronto and trail Seattle by a half-game.

Seattle surges past Yankees, Tigers in AL wild-card race - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

I'm writing it but I don't believe it. How are they doing it?

[ThePundit]

They're just % pts ahead of the Yanks, right now.

[azrael492]

It is no suprise that Guillen and Ibanez started hitting and they are more successful. They have one of the best closers in the game, but I don't have confidence in their pitching staff to keep it up. Felix Hernandez can be dominant , but so far has not lived up to his hype. They have Jeff Weaver still.

[ThePundit]

The M's just won't go away. they're % pts ahead of the Yankees : .559 to .558