SEA slick: Mariners stun SD after trailing 12-2

SAN DIEGO — Wade Miley delivered his best pitch of the night with a straight face.

“I knew going in if I could hold ’em to 12, we had a chance,” the Mariners starter said after his teammates rallied from a 10-run deficit to pull out a 16-13 win over the Padres on Thursday night at Petco Park.

Pitcher-friendly Petco Park? Not on this night. And not in this series. Seattle wound up outscoring the Padres, 45-34, over a wild four days between Safeco Field — another place not normally prone to offensive outbursts — and the normally serene San Diego stadium.

The Mariners won by scores of 9-3 and 16-4 in Seattle on Monday and Tuesday, then lost a 14-6 battle Wednesday before rallying for the 16-13 win in Thursday’s finale with the biggest comeback in franchise history

Seattle’s pitching staff came to San Diego with the lowest ERA in the American League at 3.37 and departed two days later at 3.65. But the Mariners also head to Texas now in a tie with the Rangers atop the AL West at 31-22 and feeling like they can do just about anything at this point.

“Everybody was involved in this one,” manager Scott Servais said after his club scored 14 runs in the sixth and seventh innings to overcome a 12-2 deficit. “It really says a lot about our team. I’ve seen a lot of big league games and never seen a 10-run comeback. I can’t say …

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