US EditionMariners Sweep Tigers with 35 Runs in Three-Game Series
WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN, JUL 13 – The Mariners scored 15 ninth-inning runs in the series, including back-to-back homers by Jorge Polanco and Cole Young in the final game, completing a sweep of the Tigers.
- The Seattle Mariners completed a three-game sweep over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday in Detroit, winning the final game 8-4 at Comerica Park.
- The sweep followed a series of bullpen struggles by the Tigers, highlighted by reliever Tommy Kahnle giving up back-to-back ninth-inning home runs to Jorge Polanco and Cole Young without recording an out.
- Polanco, a pinch-hitter, hit a 401-foot homer to break a 4-4 tie in the ninth inning, and Young added a two-run homer to extend the lead, while Matt Brash earned the win with two strikeouts in the eighth.
- At 59-38, the Tigers hold baseball's best record and an 11.5-game lead in the Central Division, but they enter the All-Star break on a season-high four-game losing streak despite having a franchise-record six All-Stars.
- Tigers manager A.J. Hinch acknowledged the rough weekend but said the clubhouse mood and team vibe remain very good, and the break will be welcomed by all as the team stays proud of its season.
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