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The Seattle Mariners seem to have run out of time in their quest to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2001.They’ve lost four of their past five games to fall 9 1/2 games back of the second wild-card spot in the American League. Seattle has 17 games left heading into its series opener Thursday night against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium.Article continues below ...The Mariners (79-66) had a three-game lead over the Oakland A’s for the second wild-card position at the All-Star break http://www.stlouiscardinalsteamshop.com/authentic-red-schoendienst-jersey , but Oakland has surged past the Mariners with a 34-15 mark in the second half.Seattle is 21-27 since the All-Star break.“The second half of the season has been very poor,” Seattle manager Scott Servais told the Tacoma News Tribune after a 5-4 loss to the San Diego Padres on Wednesday. “It’s focus. It’s being prepared and ready to come with an edge to your game every day, and that is a personal pride matter.”The Angels (73-73) are playing better of late. They’ve won six of their past seven to get back to .500. They lost six of the first nine games against the Mariners this season before winning four of the past six.The Angels are getting productive at-bats of late from some of their most inexperienced players.Francisco Arcia hit two home runs in an 8-1 victory against the visiting Texas Rangers on Wednesday, and Jose Fernandez homered in a second straight game after hitting his first major league home run Tuesday.“I just want to hit the ball and put it in play,” Arcia told Fox Sports West after Wednesday’s win. “I feel amazing. I try to do my job and play hard.”On Thursday, Mariners right-hander Mike Leake is scheduled to make his 29th start of the season and fifth against the Angels. He’s 1-3 against Los Angeles this year with a 5.59 ERA.Leake has made at least 30 starts in each of the past six seasons, a mark only reached by Ian Kennedy, Jon Lester and Max Scherzer in that span.Leake (9-9, 4.11 ERA) made back-to-back starts against the Angels in July and neither went well.He allowed four runs (three earned) and nine hits in four innings of a 7-4 loss in Seattle on July 4, and seven runs (five earned) and 12 hits in four innings of a 9-3 loss at Angel Stadium on July 10.“They’ve just been aggressive Enos Slaughter Jersey ,” Leake told reporters after the second loss.Leake got on a roll after the second game against the Angels, producing six consecutive quality starts from July 15 to Aug. 15.Leake struggled in back-to-back outings against the Arizona Diamondbacks and Oakland A’s in late August, but was sharp in his most recent appearance, holding the Baltimore Orioles without an earned run over six innings in a 5-2 victory Sept. 5.Leake, who was selected eighth overall in the 2009 draft, 17 spots in front of Angels center fielder Mike Trout, has a team-leading 18 quality starts this season.Overall in his career against the Angels, he’s 3-3 with a 4.05 ERA in six career starts.The Angels plan to start Odrisamer Despaigne (2-2, 6.40) on Thursday and continue with a string of relievers, a tactic that worked well Tuesday against the visiting Texas Rangers. Eight relievers combined for a 1-0 victory http://www.stlouiscardinalsteamshop.com/authentic-chris-carpenter-jersey , holding the Rangers without a hit for 7 1/3 innings.Despaigne has not faced the Mariners this season, and he allowed one hit and no runs in one inning of relief in 2016 in his only career appearance against them. Former Boston Red Sox security agent Eddie Dominguez has alleged retired Red Sox sluggerDavid Ortizhad a connection with a gambler while playing with the team.Dominguez is theco-author of a new tell-all book titledBaseball Cop: The Dark Side of America鈥檚 National Pastime. As theBoston Herald'sMichael Silvermansummarizes in an article published Tuesday:"In the summer of 2005, Dominguez says he became suspicious about someone he claims was a member of Ortiz鈥?entourage known as 'Monga,' described by Dominguez as Ortiz鈥?'top aide-de-camp,' who allegedly was a frequent presence in the Red Sox clubhouse. Dominguez claims to have had an informant close to Monga who witnessed Monga placing a bet on a game in Chicago between the Red Sox and White Sox on July 24, 2005. Monga, according to the book, placed a bet on the White Sox to win as well as on the 'over.'"Dominguez alleges eventually Monga and others in Ortiz鈥?entourage were banned from the Sox clubhouse, a development the writer says Ortiz did not like."Dominguez does not specifically accuse the slugger of having any role in the gambling."To be clear, I had no proof that Ortiz was placing bets through Monga鈥攐r had ever done so鈥攂ut Monga Kolten Wong Jersey , who was hanging around the clubhouse, was betting thousands of dollars against the Red Sox,"Dominguez wrote. "At least take a look at it."Dominguez also claims Big Papi threatened to skip the 2006 Home Run Derby if Monga and Ortiz's other friends were not allowed on the field with him. He made it through the first round by blasting 10 homers but was eliminated after hitting just three in the second round.Major League Baseball issued a statement, via Silverman: "Major League Baseball actively cooperated with a law enforcement investigation into the illegal gambling operation that took these alleged bets. Ed Dominguez reported to his superiors at MLB that that investigation, which led to multiple arrests in 2008, did not implicate any players."