MLB

Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball
Seattle Mariners
80-76, 34-44 Away
Final
5 - 6
Texas Rangers
74-82, 44-37 Home

Semien's RBI single gives the Rangers a 6-5 walk-off win over the wild card-chasing Mariners

The Mariners (80-76) dropped two games back in a tight, four-team wild card race with three AL Central teams, and likely only two of that quartet will make the playoffs.

Detroit and Kansas City are both 82-74, tied for the final two playoffs spots and four games behind wild card-leading Baltimore. All have six games to play.

Minnesota (81-75) began the day as the third wild card, but is now a game back of its division rivals. The Twins got swept in a doubleheader at Boston, and Seattle missed a chance to catch them after blowing a 5-0 lead in Texas.

“These guys have faced that challenge a lot during the last couple of weeks,” Mariners manager Dan Wilson said. “We talked about it a lot (and) how they’ve been able to be resilient, to bounce back and be ready to play the next day. We’re going to have to do it again.”

The Mariners, five games behind the Astros in the AL West, open a three-game series in Houston on Monday.

Texas, last year's World Series champion, was eliminated from postseason contention on Friday. The Rangers (74-82) won their home finale to avoid being swept by the Mariners.

“It hasn’t been the year we wanted,” Semien said. “Glad we ended it like that. We just want to finish strong.”

Taveras tied the score at 5-all with a solo homer in the seventh inning and finished with three hits — all from the sixth inning onward.

The Mariners led 5-0 on Dylan Moore’s RBI single in the second inning, Cal Raleigh’s solo home run in the third and a three-run sixth that included Victor Robles singling in two runs, stealing second base and scoring when a pickoff attempt led to two Texas errors.

The Rangers countered by cutting the deficit to one run in the sixth on an RBI single by Josh Smith and a three-run homer by Wyatt Langford off starter Bryan Woo, who allowed four runs on seven hits in six innings.

Raleigh hit his career-best 31st home run. Andrés Muñoz (3-7) took the loss.

Texas starter Andrew Heaney allowed four earned runs on seven hits with four strikeouts and a walk in 5 2/3 innings. Kirby Yates (7-2) worked an inning of relief and earned the victory.

TAKING TWO FOR THE TEAM

The Mariners needed only two innings to tie and break the modern record for being hit by pitches in a season at 113. Raleigh was plunked by an 85 mph slider from Heaney in the first inning, and J.P. Crawford was tagged by a 90 mph fastball from Heaney in the second. The mark of 112 was held by the 2022 New York Mets.

UP NEXT

Mariners RHP Bryce Miller (11-8, 3.06 ERA) will open the series at Houston on Monday against Astros RHP Hunter Brown (11-8, 3.57 ERA).

Rangers RHP Nathan Eovaldi (11-8, 3.96) will face Oakland RHP Mitch Spence (8-9, 4.30) on Tuesday in the opener of the Athletics’ final home series at Oakland Coliseum before moving next year.

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Matchup Prediction

Rangers: 48.0%
Mariners: 52.0%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Semien singled to left, Taveras scored.
9th Inning Taveras stole second.
9th Inning Taveras singled to left.
9th Inning Jankowski struck out swinging.
9th Inning Duran lined out to second.
9th Inning Muñoz relieved Thornton

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
2 Hit By Pitch 0
11 Ground Balls 10
7 Strikeouts 8
4 Runs Batted In 6
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
8 Hits 10
1 Stolen Bases 1
1 Walks 2
0 Catcher Interference 0
5 Runs 6
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
35 At Bats 35
1 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
12 Runners Left On Base 8
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 0
17 Fly Balls 17
0 Caught Stealing 0
142 Pitches 128
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
12 Total Bases 16
38 Plate Appearances 37
162.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
2 Extra Base Hits 2
3.8 Runs Created 5.0
.229 Batting Average .286
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.343 Slugging Percentage .457
.171 Secondary Average .257
.289 On Base Percentage .324
.632 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .781
0.6 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.6
3.8 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 5.2
32.0 Batter Rating 41.0
35.0 At Bats Per Home Run 17.5
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.74 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.46
.114 Isolated Power .171
0.14 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.25
.026 Walks Per Plate Appearance .054
-.057 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.029
9.0 Runs Produced 12.0
0.8 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.4 Patience Ratio 0.5
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.3
80.5 MLB Rating 89.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Globe Life Field

Location: Arlington, Texas
Attendance: 39,882 | 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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