Alonso, Martin power Mariners past Orioles
The Sports Xchange
Aug 16, 2017
SEATTLE -- Yonder Alonso went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Baltimore Orioles 7-6 Wednesday afternoon in the finale of a three-game series.
Alonso, an All-Star acquired Aug. 6 from Oakland for minor league outfielder Boog Powell, hit a two-run homer. He snapped a 1-1 tie with his fourth-inning homer, which was his 23rd of the season and his first with the Mariners. Alonso's run-scoring single in the next inning gave Seattle a 5-4 lead.
Leonys Martin also homered for the Mariners, who won the last two games of the series to get back to the .500 mark at 61-61.
Reliever Tony Zych (6-3) got the victory and Marc Rzepczynski earned his first save.
The Mariners brought in Edwin Diaz with a three-run lead in the ninth, but he couldn't close it out.
Diaz walked the first three batters he faced to bring up Manny Machado with the bases loaded. Machado drove the ball to right-center, with right fielder Martin making a sliding catch to limit the damage to one run on the sacrifice fly. Diaz caught Jonathan Schoop looking at a called third strike for the second out but hit Trey Mancini with a 3-2 pitch to re-load the bases. Diaz then hit Mark Trumbo with a pitch as the Orioles closed within a run.
The Mariners summoned the left-handed Rzepczynski to face left-handed-hitting Chris Davis. Rzepczynski struck out Davis on three straight pitches, the last a called strike.
Both starters, Baltimore's Ubaldo Jimenez (5-8) and Seattle's Marco Gonzales, went just 4 1/3 innings.
Jimenez gave up six runs on eight hits, with one walk and two strikeouts. Gonzales allowed four runs on nine hits, with no walks and one strikeout.
Baltimore's Tim Beckham led off the game with a home run, the second time he had done so in the series. It was Beckham's 17th homer of the season.
The Mariners tied the score in the third, as Mike Zunino led off with a double and scored two outs later on a double by Guillermo Heredia.
Nelson Cruz was hit by a pitch from Jimenez leading off the fourth, and Alonso followed with a 411-foot blast into the right-field seats, giving Seattle a 3-1 lead.
Gonzales struck out the leadoff batter in the fifth, then yielded five consecutive hits as the Orioles took a 4-3 advantage. That included a run-scoring triple by Craig Gentry, the No. 9 batter in the order. Beckham's run-scoring single brought home Gentry with the go-ahead run.
The Mariners responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning to regain the lead.
Jean Segura led off with a single and Heredia was then hit by a pitch. Robinson Cano followed with a run-scoring single, tying it at 4-4.
An out later, Alonso beat a defensive shift by squibbing a run-scoring single to left field. Danny Valencia followed by lining an RBI single to right to make it 6-4.
The Mariners added a final run as Martin led off the sixth with a solo homer off Orioles reliever Richard Bleier.
NOTES: Mariners manager Scott Servais was ejected by first base umpire Stu Scheurwater in the ninth inning, apparently for arguing whether Trey Mancini was hit by a pitch or the ball went off the end of the bat. ... Mariners CF Guillermo Heredia was hit on the right forearm by a pitch in the fifth inning. He was replaced by Jarrod Dyson in the field in the top of the next inning. ... The Mariners went 2-5 on their homestand, the only seven games they have at Safeco Field this month. ... The Orioles and Mariners are both idle Thursday. The Orioles return home and open a three-game series Friday against the Los Angeles Angels. The Mariners begin a 12-game trip Friday at Tampa Bay. ... Mariners RHP Christian Bergman, designated for assignment Tuesday, cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Tacoma.
Aug 16, 2017
SEATTLE -- Yonder Alonso went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Baltimore Orioles 7-6 Wednesday afternoon in the finale of a three-game series.
Alonso, an All-Star acquired Aug. 6 from Oakland for minor league outfielder Boog Powell, hit a two-run homer. He snapped a 1-1 tie with his fourth-inning homer, which was his 23rd of the season and his first with the Mariners. Alonso's run-scoring single in the next inning gave Seattle a 5-4 lead.
Leonys Martin also homered for the Mariners, who won the last two games of the series to get back to the .500 mark at 61-61.
Reliever Tony Zych (6-3) got the victory and Marc Rzepczynski earned his first save.
The Mariners brought in Edwin Diaz with a three-run lead in the ninth, but he couldn't close it out.
Diaz walked the first three batters he faced to bring up Manny Machado with the bases loaded. Machado drove the ball to right-center, with right fielder Martin making a sliding catch to limit the damage to one run on the sacrifice fly. Diaz caught Jonathan Schoop looking at a called third strike for the second out but hit Trey Mancini with a 3-2 pitch to re-load the bases. Diaz then hit Mark Trumbo with a pitch as the Orioles closed within a run.
The Mariners summoned the left-handed Rzepczynski to face left-handed-hitting Chris Davis. Rzepczynski struck out Davis on three straight pitches, the last a called strike.
Both starters, Baltimore's Ubaldo Jimenez (5-8) and Seattle's Marco Gonzales, went just 4 1/3 innings.
Jimenez gave up six runs on eight hits, with one walk and two strikeouts. Gonzales allowed four runs on nine hits, with no walks and one strikeout.
Baltimore's Tim Beckham led off the game with a home run, the second time he had done so in the series. It was Beckham's 17th homer of the season.
The Mariners tied the score in the third, as Mike Zunino led off with a double and scored two outs later on a double by Guillermo Heredia.
Nelson Cruz was hit by a pitch from Jimenez leading off the fourth, and Alonso followed with a 411-foot blast into the right-field seats, giving Seattle a 3-1 lead.
Gonzales struck out the leadoff batter in the fifth, then yielded five consecutive hits as the Orioles took a 4-3 advantage. That included a run-scoring triple by Craig Gentry, the No. 9 batter in the order. Beckham's run-scoring single brought home Gentry with the go-ahead run.
The Mariners responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning to regain the lead.
Jean Segura led off with a single and Heredia was then hit by a pitch. Robinson Cano followed with a run-scoring single, tying it at 4-4.
An out later, Alonso beat a defensive shift by squibbing a run-scoring single to left field. Danny Valencia followed by lining an RBI single to right to make it 6-4.
The Mariners added a final run as Martin led off the sixth with a solo homer off Orioles reliever Richard Bleier.
NOTES: Mariners manager Scott Servais was ejected by first base umpire Stu Scheurwater in the ninth inning, apparently for arguing whether Trey Mancini was hit by a pitch or the ball went off the end of the bat. ... Mariners CF Guillermo Heredia was hit on the right forearm by a pitch in the fifth inning. He was replaced by Jarrod Dyson in the field in the top of the next inning. ... The Mariners went 2-5 on their homestand, the only seven games they have at Safeco Field this month. ... The Orioles and Mariners are both idle Thursday. The Orioles return home and open a three-game series Friday against the Los Angeles Angels. The Mariners begin a 12-game trip Friday at Tampa Bay. ... Mariners RHP Christian Bergman, designated for assignment Tuesday, cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Tacoma.
