SEATTLE — Cedric Mullins robbed Ty France of a homer within the ninth inning and hit a two-run homer within the tenth, and the AL-best Baltimore Orioles beat the Seattle Mariners in further innings for the second straight day, 5-3 on Sunday.
Mullins, who entered within the sixth as a defensive substitute, leaped and reached over the wall in heart area to snag France’s deep drive off Mike Baumann. Mullins fell face-first to the warning monitor with the ball in his glove and pumped his fist as he jumped to his ft.
Two pitches later, Dominic Canzone hit a 96 mph fastball from Bauman 402 ft to proper and flipped his bat as he admired the homer that tied the sport at 3-all.
Mullins had been 0-for-9 since his return from the injured record when he got here up with one out within the tenth. He hit an extended drive simply exterior the right-field foul pole on a 2-1 pitch from Trent Thornton (0-1) after which, two pitches later, despatched a drive over the wall in proper to attain automated runner Gunnar Henderson.
Nick Vespi (1-1) received the ultimate out within the ninth and Shintaro Fujinami labored a scoreless tenth for his first save.
Baltimore moved three video games forward of Tampa Bay within the AL East, taking two of three from Seattle, which fell 1 1/2 video games behind Toronto for the ultimate AL wild card. The Orioles received 1-0 in 10 innings on Saturday evening to finish the Mariners’ eight-game profitable streak.
With the sport tied 2-all within the ninth, Seattle reliever Andrés Muñoz allowed a double to Jordan Westburg and walked James McCann. With Adley Rutschman on the plate, Muñoz was referred to as for a balk, placing runners on second and third. Seattle supervisor Scott Servais was ejected arguing the decision.
Rutschman then hit a tapper again to Muñoz. Pinch-runner Jorge Mateo barely beat the play on the plate, sliding in slightly below catcher Cal Raleigh’s tag to place the Orioles forward 3-2.
Canzone’s tying homer within the ninth was his first for the Mariners, who acquired him from Arizona on the commerce deadline.
Mariners rookie Bryce Miller continued a stretch of sturdy Seattle beginning pitching, permitting two runs, one earned, on 5 hits over 5 2/3 innings. It was the tenth time in 17 begins Miller has gone a minimum of 5 innings and given up no a couple of earned run, and it was the seventh straight sport by which a Mariners starter met these marks.
Orioles starter Kyle Bradish allowed two runs on 5 hits in six innings, with seven strikeouts.
ROSTER MOVE
The Orioles designated RHP Mychal Givens for project. Givens signed a $5 million, one-year contract this offseason however pitched in solely six video games for Baltimore. He was positioned on the injured record in June with shoulder irritation and had been on a rehab project.
TRAINERS ROOM
Orioles: OF Aaron Hicks, on the IL since July 25 with a hamstring pressure, may rejoin the Orioles for his or her upcoming sequence at San Diego, supervisor Brandon Hyde mentioned.
Mariners: LHP Marco Gonzales could have surgical procedure Aug. 22 to decompress the anterior interosseous nerve in his left forearm. The 31-year-old hopes to recuperate by spring coaching. Gonzales hasn’t pitched for the Mariners since May 28, when he felt discomfort within the forearm after throwing 5 2/3 innings towards Pittsburgh. Gonzales went 4-1 with a 5.22 ERA in 10 begins.
UP NEXT
Orioles: RHP Grayson Rodriguez (2-3, 5.84 ERA) will begin as Baltimore begins a three-game sequence at San Diego. Rodriguez has pitched into the sixth inning and allowed three runs or fewer in every of his final 4 begins.
Mariners: RHP Logan Gilbert (10-5, 3.43) opens a four-game sequence at Kansas City. Gilbert had a career-high 12 strikeouts towards the Padres in his final begin.
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