Seager’s marvelous May ends in fitting way

SEATTLE — Have yourself a month, Kyle Seager. And you too, Mariners.

The Mariners’ third baseman has seen his personal fortunes rise along with that of his team, and Seager was again in on all the fun in the Seattle’s 16-4 pasting of the Padres at Safeco Field on Tuesday afternoon that closed out the second month of the season.

Seager singled in Seattle’s first run in the first inning, his three-run home run off Padres starter James Shields wrapped up a six-run second inning, and he added a single and a walk. After 31 days of May, Seager enters June with a line of .274/.353/.521 with 10 homers, 33 RBIs and 22 walks to his 29 strikeouts. They’re All-Star-type numbers a third of the way through the season, and they’re mind-boggling considering where he stood at the end of April.

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Back then, after the Mariners beat the Royals on …

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