ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Marcus Semien lined a game-ending single into the left discipline nook to attain Leody Taveras because the Texas Rangers rallied from a five-run deficit for a 6-5 win Sunday that stored the playoff-chasing Seattle Mariners from gaining floor within the AL wild card race.
The Mariners (80-76) dropped two video games again in a decent, four-team wild card race with three AL Central groups, and sure solely two of that quartet will make the playoffs.
Detroit and Kansas Metropolis are each 82-74, tied for the ultimate two playoffs spots and 4 video games behind wild card-leading Baltimore. All have six video games to play.
Minnesota (81-75) started the day because the third wild card, however is now a recreation again of its division rivals. The Twins received swept in a doubleheader at Boston, and Seattle missed an opportunity to catch them after blowing a 5-0 lead in Texas.
“These guys have confronted that problem loads over the past couple of weeks,” Mariners supervisor Dan Wilson stated. “We talked about it loads (and) how they’ve been in a position to be resilient, to bounce again and be able to play the subsequent day. We’re going to should do it once more.”
The Mariners, 5 video games behind the Astros within the AL West, open a three-game collection in Houston on Monday.
Texas, final 12 months’s World Collection champion, was eradicated from postseason competition on Friday. The Rangers (74-82) gained their house finale to keep away from being swept by the Mariners.
“It hasn’t been the 12 months we wished,” Semien stated. “Glad we ended it like that. We simply wish to end sturdy.”
Taveras tied the rating at 5-all with a solo homer within the seventh inning and completed with three hits — all from the sixth inning onward.
The Mariners led 5-0 on Dylan Moore’s RBI single within the second inning, Cal Raleigh’s solo house run within the third and a three-run sixth that included Victor Robles singling in two runs, stealing second base and scoring when a pickoff try led to 2 Texas errors.
The Rangers countered by chopping the deficit to 1 run within the sixth on an RBI single by Josh Smith and a three-run homer by Wyatt Langford off starter Bryan Woo, who allowed 4 runs on seven hits in six innings.
Raleigh hit his career-best thirty first house run. Andrés Muñoz (3-7) took the loss.
Texas starter Andrew Heaney allowed 4 earned runs on seven hits with 4 strikeouts and a stroll in 5 2/3 innings. Kirby Yates (7-2) labored an inning of reduction and earned the victory.
TAKING TWO FOR THE TEAM
The Mariners wanted solely two innings to tie and break the trendy report for being hit by pitches in a season at 113. Raleigh was plunked by an 85 mph slider from Heaney within the first inning, and J.P. Crawford was tagged by a 90 mph fastball from Heaney within 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 collection at Houston on Monday towards 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 within the opener of the Athletics’ remaining house collection at Oakland Coliseum earlier than shifting subsequent 12 months.
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