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Lind has breakthrough game in loss to Halos
- Updated: May 15, 2016
SEATTLE — Sometimes you have to step back and take in the big picture, which for Adam Lind on Saturday night included a roaring Safeco Field crowd, four dramatic lead changes and his best game for his new Mariners club.
In the end, there was no celebration, not with a 9-7 heartbreaking loss to the Angels on Albert Pujols’ three-run blast in the ninth. But Lind, a 10-year Major League veteran, has been around long enough to know this game was something special.
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“It was awesome,” Lind said of the atmosphere when the Mariners charged back with a five-run rally in the eighth after the Angels scored five themselves in the seventh. “Not just the dugout, the whole stadium was a great environment to play the game in. And probably a great environment to watch the game in. For a Saturday night in May, it was really exciting. I think it was awesome for everybody.”
Lind contributed greatly to the show with a two-run homer in the second inning to give Seattle the early lead, then a two-run double in the eighth to tie it.
His manager agreed, this one was special with the near-capacity crowd of 42,038 rooting for another …
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