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Mariners storm back to claim AL West
The Mariners clinched the American League West crown Wednesday, ending a 24-year drought and sending the city into October baseball with momentum not imagined a month ago. Why it matters: The Mariners haven't won the division title since 2001.
Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 59th and 60th home runs of the season and the Seattle Mariners won their fourth AL West title with a 9-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night.
Mariners could clinch AL West with a win Wednesday or an Astros loss; fans brace for history at T-Mobile Park.
J.P. Crawford capped a magical weekend in grand style on ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" - a second-inning slam that powered the M's to a three-game sweep over their archrivals in one of the defining regular-season series in franchise history.