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Mariners fall 7-4 to Rangers, ending 9-game win streak vs Texas

Aug 13, 2022, 8:06 PM


              Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Marco Gonzales reaches to catch the ball before pitching during the third inning of the team's baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              Texas Rangers starting pitcher Dane Dunning throws during the first inning of the team's baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              Texas Rangers starting pitcher Dane Dunning throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              Texas Rangers' Ezequiel Duran starts running after hitting a single, driving in teammate Nathaniel Lowe to score, during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              Seattle Mariners second baseman Adam Frazier (26) looks at a pigeon on the infield during the third inning of the team's baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              Seattle Mariners' Ty France (23) is congratulated by Eugenio Suarez after France scored on a sacrifice fly by Suarez during the first inning of the team's baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              Texas Rangers' Charlie Culberson (11) gets a high five from manager Chris Woodward after scored on a sacrifice bunt by teammate Bubba Thompson during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien (2) throws from second, turning a double play over Seattle Mariners' Adam Frazier (26), during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. Mariners' Cal Raleigh was out a first. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              Texas Rangers' Bubba Thompson, left, hits a sacrifice bunt in front of Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. Rangers' Charlie Culberson scored on the play. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager matched a career high with his 26th homer and rookie Bubba Thompson drove in a run with a sacrifice squeeze bunt as the Texas Rangers overcame an early deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 7-4 on Saturday night.

Rangers 7, Mariners 4: Box score

The Rangers snapped a nine-game losing streak against Seattle this season with the victory.

Texas trailed 3-0 before a four-run outburst in the fourth inning against Marco Gonzalez (7-12). That was capped by Thompson’s bunt pushed to the right side as Charlie Culberson crossed home plate.

Eugenio Suárez homered and had a sac fly for the Mariners, who had won nine games in a row against the Rangers.

Seattle, which has lost only 14 of its last 47 games overall since mid-June, dropped a half-game behind Toronto for the American League’s top wild card.

Seager, in the first season of his $325 million, 10-year contract with Texas, went deep in the fifth with a solo shot pulled down the right-field line that made it 5-3. He had 26 homers for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2016, when he was the National League rookie of the year in his first full season.

Brett Martin (1-7) got the win after facing only one batter. The left-hander got an inning-ending double play grounder in the fifth after replacing Dane Dunning. Hard-throwing right-hander Jonathan Hernandez worked a perfect ninth for his third save in three chances.

Seattle opened the game with consecutive singles off Dunning, and led 2-0 after a wild pitch and a sac fly by Suárez. Cal Raleigh had a leadoff double in the second and scored on a sac fly by Sam Haggerty.

Gonzales gave up five runs and nine hits over five innings. The lefty struck out two and walked two in his fifth start against Texas this season.

Adolis Garcia stretched his hitting streak to 10 games with a double in the Texas fourth and scored when Jonah Heim followed with a double. Culberson and Ezequiel Durán had back-to-back RBI singles before Thompson’s bunt.

SHORT HOPS

Former Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler and longtime communications director John Blake were inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame during a pregame ceremony. … Mitch Haniger has hit safely in all seven games for Seattle since being reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Aug. 7. He is hitting .423 (11 of 26) in that span, and has a 10-game hitting streak overall. … Rangers 1B Nathaniel Lowe had two singles and has reached base safely via a hit or a walk in 19 consecutive games. That is the longest streak by a Texas player this season.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Mariners: OF Taylor Trammell was reinstated from the 10-day injured list and optioned to Triple-A Tacoma. Trammell hit .235 with three homers and nine RBIs over 32 games before going on the IL on June 28 because of a right hamstring strain.

Rangers: Reliever Josh Sborz felt fine a day after taking a liner off his upper right arm.

UP NEXT

All-Star left-hander Martín Pérez (9-3, 2.85 ERA), coming off his first loss in 20 starts since April, pitches the series finale for Texas. Right-hander Logan Gilbert (10-5, 3.47) will be on the mound for the Mariners.

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