J.P. Crawford drove a two-run home run into the right field seats off Robert Garcia in the ninth inning to give the Seattle Mariners a big 4-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night.

The Seattle Mariners enter play on Wednesday at 57-51 and in second place in the American League West. They are four back of the Houston Astros in that race, an

Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto believes Seattle acquired the "best bats" available, adding power to a lineup that already ranks fifth in the majors in home runs.

The opportunity to do something at the trade deadline is there, and the Mariners appear determined to seize it. But the M's aren't desperate, either.