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They have power up and down the line-up, but the ones who are in a slump mostly look terrified to fail.  When Beckham got caught off third, he went back to the dugout and punched the railing twice, kicked at it a few times and appeared on the verge of tears for a second there.  That was the ballgame and he knows he blew it...and it's someone different every night for them.
The Mariners, on the other hand, have made a number of crippling mistakes.  In the Texas game Tuesday (Bedard pitching and getting REAMED by the ump)...Figgins ate a ball that should have been an inning-ending DP...you did not see him freaking out about how he cost his team a run...nope...the next ball hit to him (never fails...right after a tough error, you get an identical play right at your) ended the next rally (sixth inning I believe) with a great back-handed catch and throw to get a speedy Borbon.  He also had two hits and scored twice that game, if I recall correctly.
The Mariners could actually play more crisply than they have to date...they still make mistakes on defense and in the last three games, they have completely failed to get to the other team's bullpen except for 2 innings of Matt Thornton because they've done a terrible job working counts, which is not their usual MO.
They can make the low scoring close game strategy work if they clean some of that up.