SEATTLE (AP) — Nearly three years have passed since Mitch Haniger was an All-Star and was viewed as part of the Seattle Mariners' core.

Then came the injuries that sidelined Haniger for...

PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — It will be months, at best, before Mitch Haniger is ready to suit up and take the field for the Seattle Mariners.

But after three surgeries in seven months and two...

SEATTLE (AP) — This was already going to be a year where the Seattle Mariners would be relying heavily on young players and some of their top prospects right from the beginning of the season....

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners expected Edwin Encarnacion would make an impact with his bat this season.

SEATTLE (AP) — Edwin Encarnacion and Mitch Haniger supplied all the offense the Seattle Mariners needed against the Texas Rangers.

Haniger's infield grounder with the bases loaded brought...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Padres rookie Chris Paddack wasn't feeling well and walked Mariners leadoff batter Mitch Haniger on four straight fastballs, none of which was faster than 91 mph.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels found themselves on the wrong side of three close losses to open their four-game series against the Seattle Mariners.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Even baseball's hottest hitter can't keep pace with the Seattle Mariners right now.

Mitch Haniger hit a tiebreaking homer with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting...

SEATTLE (AP) — The rebuilding Seattle Mariners are off to a surprising start.

The lineup is leading the way.

Omar Narvaez hit a three-run homer off Rick Porcello in Seattle's seven-run...

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HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda were among the members of Major League Baseball's All-Star tour of Japan who visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Monday.

Mattingly laid a wreath at the cenotaph in the park which commemorates the victims of the atomic bombings in 1945.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Seattle assured itself a winning season with another one-run victory Saturday night. It's still holding out hope to accomplish more than that.

"It's nobody's goal to have a winning season," Robinson Cano said. "The goal is to make the playoffs."

Cano aided Seattle's fading postseason aspirations with a three-run double that capped the Mariners' rally from a four-run deficit in a 6-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.

SEATTLE (AP) — Mitch Haniger hit the deck three times for the Mariners late in Sunday's game. The first two put Seattle ahead against the New York Yankees. The next converted the lead into a victory.

Haniger dashed home to score the go-ahead run on a grounder in the eighth inning, then made a diving catch for the final out that gave the Mariners a 3-2 win over the Yankees.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Having finished his warmups just before first pitch, Seattle lefty Wade LeBlanc wasn't worried about stiffening up while watching the Mariners score five runs in the first inning.

If anything, LeBlanc was more energized from the extra rest.

LeBlanc pitched seven scoreless innings, Mitch Haniger hit his 23rd home run and Seattle jumped on the Oakland Athletics early and held on for a 7-1 victory on Thursday night.

PHOENIX (AP) — Edwin Diaz was thrilled to set a Seattle Mariners franchise record with his 49th save. He's really looking forward to the next one, though.

Maybe a little more than manager Scott Servais — who has promised to match Diaz's funky haircut when his All-Star closer reaches No. 50.

"I want to get my 50 to see the haircut," Diaz said after he closed out Seattle's 6-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. "If I do it here on the road I will bring the barber."

HOUSTON (AP) — Edwin Diaz was supposed to be off on Sunday after earning saves in each of the last three games for the Seattle Mariners.

Instead, after the Mariners tied the Houston Astros in the ninth inning, the All-Star closer told bullpen coach Brian De Lunas to call the dugout to say that he wanted to try to make it four in a row.

HOUSTON (AP) — The Seattle Mariners are feeling pretty good after beating Houston All-Stars Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole on consecutive nights.

Still, they know they have a lot more work to do as they chase their first playoff berth since 2001.

"We came here and wanted to start playing some better games and that's what we've done," manager Scott Servais said. "We're just playing better baseball right now and the top of the lineup has been really swinging the bat well."

HOUSTON (AP) — Justin Verlander got pushed around by the Seattle Mariners early Thursday night, and then umpire Nic Lentz sent him off for an early shower.

Certainly not what the former Cy Young and MVP Award winner had in mind for his first shot at career win No. 200.

Seattle jumped on Verlander for six runs in two innings before the star right-hander was ejected for arguing a balk call in the Mariners' 8-6 win over the Houston Astros.