KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Teoscar Hernandez hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly within the eighth inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Wednesday night time.
Julio Rodriguez had 4 hits for Seattle, together with a ninth-inning single that offered an insurance coverage run the Mariners wound up needing. Cal Raleigh added a house run and a double.
“Obviously Julio had a huge night for us,” Seattle supervisor Scott Servais mentioned. “Probably the most impressive thing he did for us was take the (single) into right field in the ninth inning. We needed all the insurance runs we could get. That proved to be the winning run in the ballgame.”
Dylan Moore opened the eighth by reaching on an error and got here round to attain on Hernandez’s fly to make it 5-4. The ball ended up near the tarp down the right-field line, and Moore knew he was going.
“It was foul, so I was definitely tagging no matter what,” Moore mentioned. “The closer it got to the tarp, I thought it might be a weird angle. It was definitely shallow, but I thought he might have to jump or get out of the way of something.”
Luis Castillo (9-7) allowed 4 runs on 9 hits in seven innings. He walked one and struck out three.
PHOTOS: Hernandez hits sacrifice fly within the eighth to interrupt a tie, Mariners edge Royals 6-5
“It was a really good effort by Luis Castillo,” Servais mentioned. “He knew we needed him to get deep in the game. It took him a while to kind of get into his stuff, but we’ve seen that from Luis once in a while. He did find it and was able to get through seven.”
Matt Brash picked up his third save regardless of permitting Nelson Velazquez’s homer within the ninth.
Dylan Coleman (0-1) took the loss for Kansas City. James McArthur, who made his first main league begin because the opener for the Royals, allowed three runs on three hits in a single inning.
The Mariners wasted no time in foiling the Royals‘ opener plan. Rodriguez led off with a double to the gap in right-center. He scored on Ty France’s single, and France scored on Raleigh’s two-run homer. Castillo had a three-run lead earlier than he threw his first pitch.
Maikel Garcia prolonged his Royals rookie-record hitting streak to 18 video games with a double on the primary pitch from Castillo. It’s the longest lively streak within the majors. Garcia went to 3rd on a groundout by Bobby Witt Jr. and scored on a sacrifice fly by Michael Massey.
The Mariners answered the Royals‘ run with one other within the second. Rodriguez drove house Jose Caballero with a single.
The Royals obtained one other run within the second on a sacrifice fly, this one by Kyle Isbel, scoring Drew Waters, who led off the inning with a triple. They drew inside one within the third on a two-out double by MJ Melendez, scoring Salvador Perez from first.
“We weren’t able to produce big numbers, but overall we did a good job,” Kansas City supervisor Matt Quatraro mentioned of his offense. “They had good at-bats right from the get-go. I was really pleased.”
The Royals loaded the bases with no outs within the sixth, however they solely obtained the tying run. Velazquez grounded right into a double play to squash the rally.
TRANSACTIONS
Mariners: C Tom Murphy was positioned on the 10-day Injured List with a left thumb sprain, retroactive to Aug. 14. In a corresponding transfer, the Mariners chosen C Brian O’Keefe from Triple-A Tacoma.
Royals: RHP Nick Wittgren was optioned to Triple-A Omaha following final night time’s sport. RHP John McMillon was chosen from Double-A Northwest Arkansas. The Royals additionally transferred RHP Brad Keller to 60-day Injured List.
UP NEXT
The Mariners and Royals will compete their four-game sequence with a Thursday matinee. Seattle will ship RHP George Kirby (10-8, 3.32 ERA) to the mound. Kansas City will counter with LHP Angel Zerpa (1-1, 7.71 ERA).
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