The Mariners are now -130 when they host the Texas Rangers Saturday.
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The Texas Rangers hope to leave Safeco Field with a win against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.
Seth Smith led off the bottom of the 10th with a deep fly to left field that Ryan Strausborger misplayed for a two-base error. Game time for the Seattle Mariners vs. Texas Rangers is 1:10 p.m. PT. There is a lot of work to do with the odds stacked against the M’s, but the season isn’t over yet.
“Good game”, Cruz said. “You get a guy on second with no outs and we had three shots at him and we weren’t able to come through”. Texas took the lead in the top of the 11th, scoring a ridiculous eight runs – six of which were charged to lefty Rob Rasmussen (1-1).
And this time, the bullpen, while it had some anxious moments, avoided the sort of late breakdowns that produced two losses over the previous five games.
“I had a hunch he was waiting for the slider and after he’d seen the two fastballs up, I just don’t think he saw the one down very well”, Tolleson said. A two-run homer from Prince Fielder would finish it off. They were able to go out there and get things done.
Texas Rangers’ Josh Hamilton, right, hits an RBI-single during the… “After the inning was over the place got real quiet and we knew that was the right time to strike”. Seattle (51-59) has won four of five.
Mariners OF Franklin Gutierrez has the flu, McClendon said.
Mariners starter Hisashi Iwakuma worked through two long innings at the start and survived some shaky defense in the fourth in pitching through the seventh inning.
With the game tied 3-3 in the eleventh inning, the Rangers responded in a big way scoring eight runs. A passed ball by Gimenez would allow the runners to advance and was crucial as Cano scored on a sacrifice fly from Mark Trumbo and Montero scored on an infield single from Brad Miller.
He was called out.The Rangers ended up having four players thrown out on the basepaths.NOTES: Texas 1B Mike Napoli was added to the active roster and put in the No. 5 hole in the batting order. Adam Rosales would pinch-run for Mitch Moreland, Elvis Andrus would single to load the bases and Rougned Odor singled to score rosales.
With runners on first and second and none out, Shin-Soo Choo hit a grounder to Cano at second. After a 2 1/2-minute review, umpires ruled that Gimenez, who had come around from first base on the play, had not touched home plate as he slid under the tag of Seattle catcher Jesus Sucre. They were within five of the division lead, and only two games back in a crowded AL wild card race with one-third of the regular season left.
Seattle was on the winning side of two replay challenges in the first three innings. Ken Griffey Jr. had a 10-game run in July 1993.
Seattle inducted former pitcher Jamie Moyer into the team’s Hall of Fame in a pre-game ceremony. Only Cleveland and Seattle have fewer home wins than the Rangers, who are 23-29 at Globe Life Park.
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I’ll be the first to admit that a month ago, I would have said the Rangers making the playoffs this year was comical; a cruel joke used only to torment the tortured fans that remember the consecutive World Series trips with no championship.
