Tuesday, May 28

Rodriguez delivers in 4-run ninth in opposition to All-Star nearer Doval as Mariners beat Giants 6-5

Julio Rodríguez hit a two-run double in a four-run ninth inning in opposition to All-Star nearer Camilo Doval, and the Seattle Mariners held on to beat the San Francisco Giants 6-5 on Monday night time.

J.P. Crawford broke a 2-all tie with a sacrifice fly in opposition to Doval. Rodríguez’s double made it 5-2, and Teoscar Hernández added an RBI single with two outs because the Mariners handed Doval (2-3) his worst outing within the majors.

The right-hander had by no means allowed greater than three earned runs in a sport and had given up a complete of eight in 38 prior appearances this season. He additionally had gone 58 straight video games with out allowing a couple of run.



Rookie catcher Blake Sabol homered twice and drove in all 5 runs for the Giants. He launched a three-run shot with two outs within the ninth to convey San Francisco inside one. Pinch-hitter Wilmer Flores singled earlier than Paul Sewald struck out Brandon Crawford to finish it.

Andrés Muñoz (2-1) struck out two in an ideal eighth for Seattle.

Coming off a sequence win at residence in opposition to Tampa Bay, the Mariners gained their third sport in a row.


PHOTOS: Rodríguez delivers in 4-run ninth in opposition to All-Star nearer Doval as Mariners beat Giants 6-5


“We’re playing much more competitive, much more focused baseball, just up and down the line,” supervisor Scott Servais stated. “We figured it would be a tight game. We were just able to get it done against their closer at the end. It’s a great sign.”

The Giants have dropped three straight and 5 of seven. They are 4-7 since successful 10 straight from June 11-21.

Mike Ford opened the ninth with a single and Doval plunked pinch-hitter Ty France with a pitch, a name that withstood a Giants replay problem. As Kolten Wong squared to bunt and third baseman J.D. Davis moved towards the plate, pinch-runner José Caballero, who already had stolen second base, swiped third.

Wong reached on a fielder’s selection that loaded the bases with no person out earlier than J.P. Crawford hit a deep fly to right-center, permitting Caballero to attain simply. Rodríguez hit his two-run double into the left-field nook, and Hernández capped the outburst with a single to proper.

“I think Seattle just gave me a big birthday present,” joked Doval, who turns 26 on Tuesday. “What can I say? It wasn’t my day.”

Servais stated Ford’s leadoff single was key as a result of it allowed him to unleash Caballero’s velocity in opposition to a more in-depth who has struggled to carry runners.

“Stealing second, stealing third, just being in (Doval’s) head the whole time,” Wong stated. “When you have somebody like that running around, it’s tough to focus.”

Mariners rookie Bryan Woo, who grew up a Giants fan 8 miles throughout the bay in Alameda, held San Francisco to 2 runs in six innings, each scoring on Sabol’s fourth-inning homer.

Woo made his sixth large league begin in entrance of dozens of pals, kinfolk and former highschool teammates from his hometown. He restricted the Giants to a few hits.

Woo admitted to some nerves pitching in entrance of a sellout crowd in a park he visited as a child, saying, “I try not to look around the stadiums too much, but it was kind of hard not to do that tonight. I tried to take it in as much as I can.”

Giants starter Logan Webb, coming off his worst begin of the season in Toronto, struck out 11 in 6 2/3 innings, one off his profession finest. Webb misplaced his shot at a win when he allowed the Mariners to tie it 2-all within the seventh on singles by Wong and J.P. Crawford, and Rodríguez’s grounder.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Mariners: RHP Bryce Miller went on the 15-day injured record, retroactive to July 1, with a blister on his proper center finger. Miller (5-3, 3.97 ERA) is predicted to rejoin the rotation shortly after the All-Star break. Seattle recalled right-handed relievers Matt Festa and Darren McCaughan from Triple-A Tacoma to switch Miller and reliever Trevor Gott, who was traded to the Mets on Monday.

Giants: OF Mike Yastrzemski got here off the injured record after rehabbing a hamstring pressure. … 2B Thairo Estrada went on the 10-day IL with a damaged left hand after he was hit by a fastball Sunday night time from Mets reliever Adam Ottavino. … San Francisco positioned right-hander Anthony DeSclafani on the 15-day injured record with shoulder fatigue.

UP NEXT

Rookie right-hander Keaton Winn (0-1, 3.50 ERA), who has impressed in three reduction appearances and one begin since his June 18 callup, will begin for the Giants in Tuesday’s vacation matinee. He faces right-hander Logan Gilbert (5-5, 4.19).

Copyright © 2023 The Washington Times, LLC.

Content Source: www.washingtontimes.com