The Seattle Mariners blew plenty of opportunities Sunday.

It wasn’t just the chance to win the game and send Seattle to its first World Series in franchise history. It was the countless missed chances throughout the night that made a brutal Game 6 loss feel more like a symphony of self-inflicted wounds.

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The thumps began in the bottom of the second when a Julio Rodríguez error allowed Daulton Varsho to advance to second base on a single. Ernie Clement got on first after Geno Suárez misplayed a routine out for the second error of the inning. Both runners were driven in by consecutive singles from Addison Barger and Isaiah Kiner-Falefa. Credit Suárez for at least ending the inning with a stellar play on a 116 mph bullet from

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