The Seattle Mariners will try for the series win on Saturday night against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, with a much bigger prize -- the final American League wild-card spot -- still in view.

Throwing late-season innings for a defending champion Texas Rangers team that is well out of playoff contention. In another way, he's in the only place he wants to be: Throwing pitches at all, and finally -- again -- on the mound at Globe Life Field in Arlington,