Julio Rodriguez returned to the lineup and hit a sacrifice fly with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Seattle Mariners a 4-3 walk-off victory against the visiting San Francisco Giants on Saturday.
Cole Young added a three-run homer for the Mariners, who won for just the second time in their past eight games.
Rafael Devers and Willy Adames hit solo shots for the Giants, who had their winning streak snapped at three games.
After the Giants failed to score in the top of the 10th off Jose A. Ferrer (3-1), Victor Robles started the bottom of the inning as the automatic runner at second base. He advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by rookie Colt Emerson and, following a walk to J.P. Crawford, scored on Rodriguez’s liner to left off Dylan Smith (0-2). Rodriguez was activated from the 7-day concussion injured list earlier in the day.
The Giants opened the scoring with an unearned run in the third inning. Drew Gilbert led off by grounding a single into right field. One out later, Luis Arraez hit a grounder to the right side of the infield. First baseman Josh Naylor couldn’t quite reach the ball, but second baseman Young made a diving stop on the outfield grass. With pitcher Bryan Woo covering first, Young got to his feet and made an errant throw, though Arraez was awarded an infield single by the official scorer. Bryce Eldridge lined a single to center, with Gilbert scoring from second when outfielder Luke Raley bobbled the ball and was charged with an error.
San Francisco extended its lead to 3-0 in the sixth. Devers led off with a fly ball down the left field line off Mariners starter Bryan Woo that was originally called foul. The umpires huddled and changed the call to a home run, with replays showing the ball cleared the fence a foot or so inside the foul pole. Two outs later, Adames went deep down the right field line.
The Mariners had just one hit – a leadoff single by Young on a soft liner to left in the third – through the first six innings off All-Star Logan Webb.
Randy Arozarena was hit by a pitch with one out in the seventh and Josh Naylor walked, giving the Mariners their first runner in scoring position. After a Cal Raleigh flyout, Young hit an 0-1 sweeper into the seats in right-center to tie the score at 3-3.
Neither starter factored into the decision despite quality outings.
Webb gave up three runs on two hits over 6 2/3 innings, issuing one walk and striking out five. Woo allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits in six innings, walking two and fanning seven.
–Field Level Media
