Seattle Mariners general manager Justin Hollander was like so many others at T-Mobile Park when Josh Naylor plugged a bases-clearing double into the left-center-field gap in the bottom of the eighth inning on Tuesday night.

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“I went ballistic,” Hollander told Seattle Sports’ Wyman and Bob during a conversation Wednesday.

Naylor’s huge hit put the Mariners up 4-3, which eventually stood as the final as Seattle wrapped up just its second playoff berth in the past 24 seasons. And the win pulled the M’s within one win or an Astros loss of clinching the American League West, which they haven’t won since 2001.

It was the latest big moment for Naylor since he was acquired before the trade deadline. The first bas

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