Relief pitcher Roy Corcoran the latest Mariners player to step up big

This is what happens to teams that suddenly find themselves angling for a playoff berth. Guys start to perform in ways not expected. Hitters not known for hitting suddenly do. A team not known for drawing walks suddenly takes five of them, including three in the ninth to win the game 3-2 over the Boston Red Sox. And yeah, while Red Sox reliever Takashi Saito couldn't find the strike zone, how many times the past few years have the Mariners swung away wildly in any event? Nope, these are odd times indeed. The times that make you put away the stats sheets and the flow charts and just watch guys trying to win baseball games. The Mariners came in here with a bunch of subs trying to scrape together runs. Instead, they have won their first series here since 2001 and guaranteed a winning record on this trip, now 5-3, that ends tomorrow. Which brings us to Roy Corcoran. Read more...