Tuesday, October 22

Mariners discover late magic with 7-run eighth inning to beat Astros

SEATTLE — The Mariners recaptured their late-innings magic in a giant manner, and in opposition to an excellent larger opponent, as they broke out for a seven-spot with two outs within the eighth inning as a part of a 7-5 win on Saturday night time over the division-rival Astros.

A breakdown of the breakthrough, which all started with two outs and no runners on base:

For so long as it regarded just like the Mariners may be headed to their fourth shutout all through a lot of the night in entrance of a vibrant crowd at T-Mobile Park, they inversely flipped the script so quickly. 

One night time after a bases-clearing, eighth-inning double additionally tied the sport in an eventual loss, the Mariners (16-17) evened the sequence and may climb again to .500 in Sunday’s finale. Making it all of the extra candy is that Saturday’s efforts got here in opposition to a Houston membership that they’d misplaced to 16 of 23 instances because the begin of 2022.

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