MLB

Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners

· Major League Baseball
Texas Rangers
33-37, 17-20 Away
Final
5 - 7
Seattle Mariners
42-31, 26-12 Home

J-Rod goes deep to help Mariners win for 6th time in 7 games, 7-5 over Rangers

Seattle won for the sixth time in seven games and won its ninth consecutive series at home dating to mid-April. The Mariners also increased their lead over the defending champion Rangers to 7 1/2 games in the AL West. It’s the largest division lead for Seattle at any point since June 18, 2003, when it also had a 7 1/2-game advantage.

“They’re a solid team, they were right there last year. You know they’re playing well,” Texas manager Bruce Bochy said. “They have got a really good staff, and you have to play your best ball and execute when you’re playing against them.”

Kirby (6-5) didn’t give up a hit until Wyatt Langford’s infield single with one out in the fourth inning. Kirby leaned heavily on a fastball at the top of the strike zone and scattered three hits over six innings. Marcus Semien had an RBI double in the fifth inning, but Kirby finished his outing by striking out the side in the sixth.

“I was spraying it a little bit and those two walks were annoying," Kirby said. "But I dialed it in when I needed to.”

Rodríguez hit a tying home run in the ninth inning Thursday night against the Chicago White Sox and his power has been on an uptick after a slow start. Rodríguez hit a 1-2 cutter from Texas starter Nathan Eovaldi (3-3) an estimated 412 feet for his seventh homer and a 3-0 lead in the third inning.

Dominic Canzone added a two-out RBI single later in the inning, and Cal Raleigh had an RBI single in the first inning as the Mariners knocked out the Texas starter after just three innings.

Josh Rojas had a solo homer in the seventh, his first long ball since April 28, and had a two-run single in the eighth that became critical because of a shaky ninth inning from Seattle's relievers.

“They have a really good offense and you just got to pile it on as much as you can the whole game because you know at any point they can put together an inning like they did there in the ninth,” Rojas said.

Texas scored four times in the ninth on five hits and a walk and all four runs were charged to reliever Eduard Bazardo. Semien dropped a two-out, two-run single off Ryne Stanek to pull the Rangers to 7-5, but Tyler Locklear made a diving stop on Corey Seager's grounder at first base and stepped on the bag for the final out.

“They hit some balls, they found some holes and I don't want that to overshadow all the positives today and there really was a lot,” Seattle manager Scott Servais said.

Eovaldi allowed four runs, four hits and struck out six. But he also struggled with control with four walks in the 17 batters he faced. Eovaldi threw seven innings allowing two runs on five hits in his previous start against San Francisco.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rangers: C Jonah Heim was placed on the paternity list. Sam Huff was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock to take his roster spot.

Mariners: 2B Jorge Polanco (hamstring) started a rehab stint on Saturday night with Single-A Everett. Polanco is scheduled to spend the weekend with Everett before transferring to Triple-A Tacoma next week.

UP NEXT

Rangers: RHP Dane Dunning (4-5, 4.80) will try and rebound after allowing six runs in 3 2/3 innings against the Dodgers in his last start.

Mariners: RHP Logan Gilbert (3-4, 3.19) threw 6 2/3 shutout innings against Texas on April 23.

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Matchup Prediction

Mariners: 54.0%
Rangers: 46.0%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Seager grounded out to first.
9th Inning Semien singled to right, Grossman scored and Jankowski scored, Huff to third.
9th Inning Stanek relieved Bazardo
9th Inning Huff ran for Smith
9th Inning Smith walked, Langford scored, Grossman to second, Jankowski to third.
9th Inning Smith hit for Knizner

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
12 Ground Balls 12
7 Strikeouts 14
5 Runs Batted In 7
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
9 Hits 7
3 Stolen Bases 4
3 Walks 8
0 Catcher Interference 0
5 Runs 7
1 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
35 At Bats 31
0 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
15 Runners Left On Base 13
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 0
16 Fly Balls 5
0 Caught Stealing 0
135 Pitches 170
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
10 Total Bases 13
38 Plate Appearances 39
0.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
1 Extra Base Hits 2
3.6 Runs Created 6.4
.257 Batting Average .226
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.286 Slugging Percentage .419
.200 Secondary Average .581
.316 On Base Percentage .385
.602 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .804
0.8 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 2.4
3.6 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 7.2
34.0 Batter Rating 45.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 15.5
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.55 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.36
.029 Isolated Power .194
0.43 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.57
.079 Walks Per Plate Appearance .205
-.057 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .355
10.0 Runs Produced 14.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.6
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.3
81.3 MLB Rating 86.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

T-Mobile Park

Location: Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 43,448 | Capacity:

2024 American League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 88 73 .547 - W2
Seattle 85 77 .525 3.5 W4
Texas 78 84 .481 10.5 W3
Oakland 69 93 .426 19.5 L3
Los Angeles 63 99 .389 25.5 L6
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