Mariners fail to find that lateinning magic in series loss to Cleveland

SEATTLE — It probably shouldn’t have to be said, especially on April 2 no less, but the sky is not falling on the Mariners. Really, it’s not. While it’s true a 1-3 start isn’t how the Mariners, coming off a 2022 season that ended in the postseason, envisioned their series against the Guardians going, it wasn’t some disastrous misstep, either. The Mariners dropped the finale of their series against the Guardians, 6-5, Sunday afternoon at T-Mobile Park, failing to conjure up the kind of late-inning magic pixie dust (and strong finishing kick) that carried them a year ago. At the…