Raise the trident! Naylor walks it off to cap huge win for Mariners

SEATTLE -- At long last, the meat of the Mariners order has delivered.

With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning on Wednesday, Cal Raleigh, Julio Rodríguez and Josh Naylor strung together consecutive base hits that lifted Seattle to a 5-4, walk-off victory over the A’s.

The Mariners didn’t just need this win. They needed this breakthrough from these guys.

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Entering this series finale, which avoided a sweep, that trio was hitting a combined .195 with a .596 OPS over 315 plate appearances. Their struggles had been the offense’s most glaring amid a 10-15 start.

Even more encouraging was that they buoyed the bullpen after another blown lead from closer Andrés Muñoz, who surrendered a game-tying homer to red-hot Nick Kurtz with one out in the top of the frame.