45-42: Chart

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Mariners split series with Royals, creak into Fourth of July weekend

Royals 3, Mariners 2

(imagine that line goes all the way back up, I didn’t have time to fix it)

Martinis: Logan Evans, .288 WPA; Jorge Polanco, .230 WPA

Guillotinis: Carlos Vargas, -.449 WPA; Cole Young, -.257 WPA

Game thread comment of the day:

Boy if this isn’t how it feels every time:

Sometime I am going to sit down...