Julio Rodríguez followed with a single and Josh Naylor worked a walk. Houser moved them up 90 feet with a balk. Suárez scored both runners with a single up the middle to make it 4-0. But the Mariners failed to add another run off Houser in the inning.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/mariners as Seattle Mariners Close Out Incredible Homestand With 6-3 Win Over Tampa Bay Rays. SEATTLE — If a team drew up its idea of a perfect homestand, it would look very similar to what the Seattle Mariners accomplished over the last week-and-a-half.

So you consider how baseball can itself be fodder for cynicism: you remember well the last time the Mariners retired a jersey number and that it came to be known as Deadgar Weekend. Yet baseball gives you reason to hope too.

Ichiro Suzuki paused at times to collect his thoughts and placed his hand on his heart as he spoke thoughtfully about what meant to have his No. 51 retired by the Seattle Mariners.

After having his name inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year, Ichiro Suzuki will receive another honor next year.

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