Yes, we went to another Mariners’ game last week. The M’s were playing the Chicago White Sox and a client of Stacie’s had two tickets that they couldn’t use. Per our modus operandi, we took the light rail down to the stadium from Beacon Hill and found out we had great seats. Upper deck, right above the Mariners’ dugout.

It turned out to be a mostly lack-luster game for the Mariners – great pitching from the White Sox pitcher, Chris Sale (yes, that Chris Sale) had the Sox up on us 3-0 going into the bottom of the ninth inning. We usually like to stay through the end of the games, but I did ask Sennet if he wanted to stay or go, since it was close to 10pm by this time. He said he wanted to stay, and I’m so glad we did.

Franklin Gutierrez singled off the Sox closer, and Robinson Cano hit into a fielder’s choice forceout. After a Nelson Cruz walk and a Dae-Ho Lee strikeout got Seattle down to its final out, Kyle Seager singled in a run. Then Adam Lind came to the plate. Bottom of the ninth, down 3-1, two men on and two outs. On the second pitch of his at-bat Lind rocked a 92mph cutter over the wall in right center field!

Game over, walk-off 3-run home run: Mariners 4-3 over the White Sox. It was pretty amazing. I’d never personally been to baseball game and seen a walk-off anything live. The whole crowd went nuts and we danced and cheered for a good 15 or 20 minutes before we finally began making our way out of the ballpark, but not before stopping for a selfie in front of the field. Great time!