MLB

Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners

· Major League Baseball
Texas Rangers
71-78, 30-44 Away
Final
4 - 5
Seattle Mariners
76-73, 44-30 Home

Randy Arozarena drives in winning run in 9th, Mariners beat Rangers 5-4

Victor Robles doubled and stole third, and Julio Rodríguez and Cal Raleigh walked before Arozarena hit a sharp ground ball off José Leclerc (6-5) that got by shortstop Josh Smith to score Robles.

Arozarena has four career walk-off hits — three singles and a home run. His single came Saturday night came on an 0-2 count.

“The first two pitches, I was really just trying to hit a home run,” Arozarena said through interpreter Juan Rodriguez. “Took some big swings, but then after that, I shortened it up for the third one, really focusing on making contact, and was able to do so.”

With Houston's victory over the Los Angeles Angels, the Mariners remained 4 1/2 games back in the AL West standings, and are 2 1/2 games behind the Minnesota Twins for the final AL wild-card spot.

“We've played a lot of one-run games during this stretch and we've come out on top of a lot of them," Mariners manager Dan Wilson said. “We've come out the other side, it feels a lot better to get on top of those one-run games and tonight was no exception. It does prepare you for what may be ahead, but we just take it obviously one night at a time.”

Andrés Muñoz (3-6) pitched a scoreless ninth for the victory.

Josh Rojas gave the Mariners the lead with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the second, but Leody Taveras put Texas ahead with a two-run blast to right field off Logan Gilbert in the third.

Rodríguez hit a 446-foot home run to left field off Max Scherzer in the third to tie it, his sixth consecutive hit and second 400-foot homer in as many games. Rodríguez had two nights on the night, and now has seven hits in the Mariners past three games.

Since August 28, Rodríguez is hitting .353.

“Everybody knows when Julio is going really well, we’re a really, really good team. Completely different,” Gilbert said. “So it’s fun to see what he’s doing. I know he’s always had the confidence and composure no matter what’s going on, so it says a lot about him, especially at his age.”

Gilbert struck out seven batters over six innings of work, with four earned runs allowed on six hits.

Scherzer was activated from the injured list before the game after being sidelined since July 30 because of shoulder problems. He pitched four innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits with two strikeouts.

Marcus Semien gave the Rangers the lead in the top of the fifth with a two-run homer, but Luke Raley tied it again with a two-run blast of his own in the bottom half off Jack Leiter, his career-high 20th of the season.

Leiter pitched four innings in relief, allowing two earned runs on three hits, with six strikeouts,.

Robles stole two bases on the night for Seattle. He is 25 for 25 in stolen-base attempts since joining the team on June 5, and has swiped third base 11 times.

“How much is their aggressive base-running a part of tonight? Yeah, we have to do a better job,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said. “Yeah, that's on the pitchers. You know, be a little quicker and watch them. We knew that coming into the game and put us in a tough situation there.”

The Mariners are 14-1 when wearing their City Connect uniforms.

UP NEXT

LHP Andrew Heaney (5-13, 3.84 ERA) will pitch Sunday for Texas, while RHP George Kirby (11-11, 3.77 ERA) will take the ball for Seattle.

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Matchup Prediction

Mariners: 63.2%
Rangers: 36.8%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Arozarena singled to center, Robles scored, Raleigh to second, Rodríguez to third.
9th Inning Raleigh walked, Rodríguez to second.
9th Inning Rodríguez intentionally walked.
9th Inning Robles stole third.
9th Inning Robles doubled to left.
9th Inning Rojas flied out to left.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
12 Ground Balls 8
9 Strikeouts 8
4 Runs Batted In 5
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
7 Hits 10
1 Stolen Bases 2
1 Walks 6
0 Catcher Interference 0
4 Runs 5
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 1
34 At Bats 33
2 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
7 Runners Left On Base 14
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 1
1 Doubles 3
13 Fly Balls 18
0 Caught Stealing 0
143 Pitches 157
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
14 Total Bases 19
35 Plate Appearances 40
324.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
3 Extra Base Hits 5
3.4 Runs Created 7.8
.206 Batting Average .303
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.412 Slugging Percentage .576
.265 Secondary Average .515
.229 On Base Percentage .400
.640 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .976
0.9 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.4
3.4 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 8.4
32.0 Batter Rating 44.0
17.0 At Bats Per Home Run 16.5
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
4.09 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.93
.206 Isolated Power .273
0.11 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.75
.029 Walks Per Plate Appearance .150
.059 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .212
8.0 Runs Produced 10.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.4 Patience Ratio 0.7
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.3
79.5 MLB Rating 92.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

T-Mobile Park

Location: Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 33,629 | 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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