SEATTLE — The formula for their success isn’t complicated.

Get a quality start, hit a homer or two to provide just enough offense to get a lead and let the lockdown arms in the bullpen close out the win.

On a pleasant Friday evening with a large crowd filling T-Mobile Park, the Seattle Mariners followed that formula for the most part, picking up a much-needed 3-2 victory over the Athletics.

It wasn’t without drama. Given a 3-1 lead in the ninth Andres Muñoz allowed three consecutive one-out singles that allowed the A’s to cut the lead to one run. But he was able to get Darrell Herdaiz to hit a shallow fly ball to center that wasn’t deep enough for the A’s to tag up and score on. Julio Rodriguez made sure of it with a stellar throw to home, that sent Tyler Soderstrom scurrying back to th

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