Manager Scott Servais said that Lee was available to pinch-hit if necessary.Only two players in the Mariners’ starting lineup were hitting above.222 in their career against Ventura entering Friday’s game.Iwakuma was 3-0 (1.61 ERA) all-time against the Royals heading into Friday’s action, while Ventura was 0-3 (4.34 ERA) all-time against the Mariners.Ventura has allowed a stolen base to four baserunners in 446 1/3 innings, which is the second-lowest ratio (Dallas Braden, 491 1/3 innings) in the Major Leagues since 1974. “He’s been good as a reliever but really stepped up and did a nice job”. “We not going to just give in and roll over and say get them tomorrow”.
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“It was way better than I was expecting”, Servais said. “Guys were grinding. Definitely want to go to the break above.500”.
Dillon Gee (3-3) picked up the loss for Kansas City (45-43), giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits in 3 2/3 innings.
“We don’t ever feel like we’re out of a game”, Eibner said. He walked one and struck out three. The plan was to stitch together parts after the decision was made to remove Chris Young, ineffective as a starter, from the rotation. After Seth Smith grounded into a fielder’s choice, Robinson Cano grounded back to Gee. Marte attempted to bunt his way on and just beat the throw, which allowed Leonys Martin to score from third.
“That was Hosmer. He gives me a sign and I throw the ball right to him”.
The Royals split the four-game series with the Mariners but have dropped six of eight. “It was right when the umpire was kinda like, making his way into position and I tried to slow up a little bit and it sailed on me”.
Montgomery seized the opportunity of a spot start by carrying a shutout into the seventh inning and helping the Mariners close out their pre-break schedule with an 8-5 victory at Kauffman Stadium. Alex Gordon led off the third inning with a double off the center field wall, but Marte made a spectacular play on Alcides Escobar’s grounder to the shortstop’s right, keeping Gordon at second and nailing Escobar at first. Montgomery, who had been pitching well in the bullpen, got the call.
Flynn didn’t allow any of his own runners to score in 2 and 1/3 innings. “I didn’t think he hit that that well, but, you know, I was able to finish it”. “That’s as good as it gets”. Brooks Pounders, who won his first major league game after a flawless inning against these same Mariners on Thursday, relieved him in the 7th but 3 batters into the inning he allowed Cano to hit a 2 run bomb deep into the right field seats.
Seager hit his 18th homer, tying it at 3 in the fourth.
Kyle Seager had earlier erased a 3-0 deficit with a three-run homer in the fourth inning against Volquez. His home run, along with consecutive dingers from Derek Jeter and Magglio Ordonez, power the AL to its fifth victory in a row, beating the National League at Seattle’s Safeco Field, 4-1. He had 1B Eric Hosmer on the bench to start, with usual DH Kendrys Morales playing first base. Salvador Perez was the designated hitter, and he hit second for the first time in his career.
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Kyle Seager extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a two-run single in the first inning, and Robinson Cano and Adam Lind each homered in a five-run seventh to break the game open. With DH Nelson Cruz at the plate, starter Yordano Ventura bounced a pitch in the dirt off C Salvador Perez, who charged into the infield for the ball and then threw past Ventura, covering the plate. Drew Butera will catch.
