SEATTLE — It’s only been one week, a sample so finite within the one-third mark of the season the Mariners recently passed — and even more so for how much of the schedule is still in front of them.

Yet, despite this stretch being extremely short in the grand scheme of the club’s moments that bordered on maddening over the season’s first two months, it’s become evident — if not obvious — that they have finally found their mojo in this 2026 season.

With a walk-off, 3-2 win over the Mets on Monday night, the Mariners extended their season-high win streak to seven games.

The prevailing question during this stretch has shifted to whether the Mariners will now ever look back.

“It’s hard to win seven games in a row,” said Emerson Hancock, who threw another quality start amid a breakout season that’s been full of them. “It’s been, I feel like, each game has just been a complete team win.”

Indeed, Cole Young chipped an opposite-field RBI single with one out in the 10th inning, immediately after automatic runner Randy Arozarena stole third base on strike three to Patrick Wisdom the at-bat prior. It marked Young’s third career walk-off plate appearance, and came one day after the anniversary of his first, which came in his MLB debut last May 31.

The ease with which he drove the ball to left field further illustrated the 22-year-old’s comfort in high-stakes moments, even if he cooled some in May after a red-hot April.

But a lot of credit also goes to Arozarena, who took advantage of two mound disengagements from Mets reliever A.J. Minter. Arozarena then pounced when the count to Wisdom went full, and once he was safe, that drew the infield in and allowed Young to put even more pressure on Minter.

“It just helped me out a ton,” Young said, “knowing that a lot of the ground balls will probably get through. And also, too, hitting a fly ball will get the job done as well. So it helps out a ton. It just makes hitting so much easier.”

Young also made a momentum-halting double play in the eighth — which quite literally toed the line of obstruction — after nearly colliding with MJ Melendez. That erased a leadoff hit-by-pitch to Melendez from Matt Brash that represented the go-ahead run.

“It was a really weird play,” said Young, who got in-the-moment confirmation from second-base umpire Adam Beck, after a lengthy huddle among the officials. “I figured out the rule, that I guess the fielder has the right to go after the ball. So, I didn’t know that during that time, but I guess I tried to just time it up where I catch the ball, tag him, throw it to first. But definitely the first time that’s ever happened.”

The heroics from Young and Arozarena followed a pair of solo homers from Colt Emerson and Josh Naylor, the latter of which tied the game in the seventh.

An unfortunate byproduct of that big swing is that Naylor also suffered a back spasm that forced him to exit when Seattle took the field again a half-inning later. He’s day to day.

Bigger picture, given the roster’s potential all along, and that the division has been the sport’s weakest, we might look at this stretch as a true turning point.

Three of Seattle’s seven wins during this winning streak, all since Friday, have been by one run and in extra innings — two criteria that mostly plagued the club up until this homestand. The Mariners were 6-12 in one-run games and 1-3 in extras before this stretch. Good teams typically find ways to win these types of games, which the Mariners are obviously doing now more than ever.

They’ve been unforgiving on the mound, disciplined in the batter’s box and fundamentally sound in the field. Moreover, they’re winning the types of games that they often let slip away over the season’s first two months.

That’s what good teams do. And we’re finally seeing it on a night-in and night-out basis from a team that doesn’t appear to be looking back.