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The Avalon Mariners are going to the playoffs. Rookie Luis Ortega’s two-run double in the bottom of the ninth beat Harborview 5\u20134 on Saturday night and ended an 11-year postseason drought in front of a sellout crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I just wanted to put it in play,” Ortega said, still soaked from the celebration. “I didn’t see where it landed. I just heard the crowd.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mariners open the wild-card series on the road on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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