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You are dead on, Doc....
A tater whacking LoMo isn't the guy we've really got...or should expect.  Funny for Mac to insinuate that he wants Morrison to hit more homers when he told Smoak that he wanted him to lead the league in doubles.  Using B-R's "162 Game Average," Smoak has been a 25-0-22 XB guy for his career.  He's spent the bulk of it in an tough tater park, as you might know.  Morrison has been a 31-6-18 guy for his career.  He didn't spend most of it in Safeco, btw.
Who is the guy to look at and say, "Big guy, go get me 27 homers" and who is the guy to request of, "and you go get me 35 doubles!"
For the last umpteen years when the M's were down 2 runs in the 4th inning you could just about figure we were DOA.
My how the tide has turned.  When the bad guys glace at our pen, down 2 runs, the effect is "Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!"  It's a bunch of live arms who are hot.  
BTW, Ackley's swing for the 2-run knock was indeed just a pepper cut, but it impressed me greatly.  That was an Ichiro-like single.  He seemed to say, "I'm going to place this one right....over....there" and did.  It was a swing of a guy not pressing.  A happy camper.  I've beat Ackley up (when deserved) but I will surely give him credit for stuff he deserves, too.
This run, as you allude to, has really been done without much contribution from Morales and Denorfia.  If either one of those guys gets warm (Kendrys shows signs) it will balance the inevitable Ackley or Morrison bump in the road.  They will not/can not continue the streak they are on.  Winning teams have guys who pack the load when needed.  Those new guys will still be needed.
I now am eager to see how this team handle the 3-game losing streak or the 1-4 stretch.  Such things happen late in the year.  Good advice is to breath slow and deep, in through the nose filling the lungs from the bottom up. 
In other words, good teams don't panic.  With Felix and Cano driving this team's bus I don't worry that we will panic.  
Interesting, too, how we get a big Seager homerun and it isn't part of the big story.  We've come to expect that kind of stuff from him.  He's pretty good.
moe