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Watch: Mariners run into horrendous, game-ending double play

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There's bad baserunning, and then there's what the Seattle Mariners did Saturday night at Safeco Field.

When interim Minnesota Twins closer Kevin Jepsen bounced a breaking ball with the tying run 90 feet away and one out in the bottom of the ninth, Kyle Seager - representing the winning run on first base - tried to get himself into scoring position, too. A total horror show ensued, and a few short moments later, the Twins walked off the field with a 6-5 victory.

"The catcher did a really nice job of smothering it," Seager told Bob Dutton of the Tacoma News Tribune after the game. "He made a nice throw and…it didn’t work out too well. It was me probably trying to be a little too aggressive there."

Want to know how Mariners manager Scott Servias characterized that game-ending double play?

"A headache."

(Video courtesy: MLB.com)

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