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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis has a mild hamstring strain and his status for the teams game at Pittsburgh next Sunday is uncertain.Revis was injured during the Jets 27-17 loss to Seattle on Sunday, missing most of the fourth quarter.His left leg was wrapped when he walked, with a slight limp, into the locker room on Monday. He declined to speak with reporters.Coach Todd Bowles said Revis had an MRI, which revealed the injury. He added that Revis is a little sore, but also felt a little better on Monday. The coach also said that its too early to determine the cornerbacks availability.He hasnt run, Bowles said, so well see on Wednesday.The Jets could be without Revis to help defend Steelers star wide receiver Antonio Brown, whos among the NFL leaders with 28 catches for 369 yards and four touchdowns.Buster Skrine, Marcus Williams, rookie Juston Burris and Darryl Roberts, who has been inactive for all four games, are the Jets other cornerbacks. 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SEATTLE -- While the Oakland As enter their final series of the season in the all-too-familiar position of also-rans, the Seattle Mariners are in somewhat unfamiliar territory.The Mariners (84-74) will be on their home turf for a late September series that actually matters. Seattle trailed Baltimore by two games in the American League wild-card race and has a legitimate shot at ending its 16-year playoff draught. By taking two of three games against the Houston Astros, the Mariners have kept their postseason chances alive.We have a shot, third baseman Kyle Seager told MLB.com after Wednesday afternoons 12-4 win over the Astros. We obviously need some help. We cant control that, but we just need to continue to play as long as theyll let us.The Mariners open the four-game series against the hapless As (67-91) on Thursday needing to win at least three games to have a realistic chance of staying in contention. Adding to the complication is a Detroit team that sits between Seattle and Baltimores current spot for the second wild-card berth, meaning the Mariners are going to need two teams to stumble at the finish line if theyre going to have any kind of a shot at getting into the postseason.Seattle has not been to the postseason since winning 116 games in 2001. The Mariners own the longest playoff draught in Major League Baseball and are the only American League to never make an appearance in the World Series. Star pitcher Felix Hernandez, who is scheduled to start Sundays regular-season finale, has never pitched in a postseason game.Hernandez and fellow veteran Hisashi Iwakuma are scheduled to pitch the two weekend games, but the Mariners will rely on a pair of youngsters to keep them in thhe race until then.dddddddddddd Ariel Miranda, a 27-year-old rookie, is scheduled to start Thursdays series opener, while 24-year-old Taijuan Walker is on tap to start Friday.Miranda (5-2) has been a surprising contributor to a team that acquired him at the trade deadline. At the time, Seattle was falling out of playoff contention and traded veteran starter Wade Miley to Baltimore in an effort to get younger. Miranda, coincidentally, has since joined the rotation and now might be a key to Seattle catching the Orioles in the wild-card race.Oakland will go with 25-year-old Kendall Graveman, who is about as close as the young As have to a veteran starter. Graveman (10-11) got tagged for 12 hits and eight runs in a 14-3 loss to Seattle 2 1/2 weeks ago, and hes failed to beat the Mariners in four tries this season -- going 0-3 with a no-decision. He cant expect much offense from a team that has scored an AL-low 638 runs heading into the Seattle series.The As are 26 1/2 games behind division-leading Texas and were officially eliminated from the wild-card hunt earlier this month, so the only motivation is playing the role of spoiler to a longtime West Coast rival.Theyre right in the middle of it and I think that will be good for our guys, too, Oakland manager Bob Melvin told The San Francisco Chronicle this week. Nothing is on the line for us, but whenever youre in that atmosphere, theres an intensity to it thats similar to postseason.Itll be good for us, inspirational. There will be big crowds and lots of excitement. Good for them, and hopefully good for us, too. ' ' '