Seattle Mariners Can't Walk Tightrope in 2-1 Loss to Chicago White Sox

Seattle Mariners manager Dan Wilson speaks to the media after a 2-1 loss against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. | Teren Kowatsch/Roundtable Sports SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners walked a razor-thin tightrope for most of a game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday at T-Mobile Park. After scoring one run in the bottom of the first, and working with a piggyback situation in which starting pitcher Bryce Miller and Luis Castillo both threw multiple innings, the Mariners gave up two runs in the top of the ninth and ultimately fell 2-1 to the White Sox.

The M's fell to 23-27 on the season, fell one game behind division rivals the Texas Rangers for the final American League wild card spot and fell two games behind the Athletics for first place in the American League West. "I thought the at-bats were good," Seattle manager Dan Wilson said in a postgame interview Tuesday. "We were putting long at-bats, we were seeing pitches.

... We just weren't able to add on. We just weren't able to get traffic and get the ball going.

It's frustrating, for sure. " The Mariners' only run came with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the first. Third baseman Patrick Wisdom, in his second game with the team and first back off the injured list, hit into a fielder's choice that brought home center fielder Julio Rodriguez.