US EditionMariners maintain 1 1/2-game lead for last AL wild card with 5-3 win over Cardinals
Randy Arozarena and Josh Naylor combined for key home runs and RBIs, driving Seattle's rally that brought the Mariners within one game of the AL West lead.
- Seattle rallied Tuesday at T-Mobile Park to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3, pulling within one game of division-leading Houston Astros with 17 games remaining.
- Facing Matthew Liberatore, Randy Arozarena launched a 405-foot, second-deck home run in the third inning, his 27th this season, erasing Seattle's 2-0 deficit with a three-run blast.
- Josh Naylor followed with a 415-foot solo homer—his 19th—and Seattle's bullpen produced scoreless relief over five innings, with Caleb Ferguson earning the win and Andrés Muñoz recording his 34th save.
- The victory moved Seattle to a 77-68 record and retained a 1.5-game cushion over the Texas Rangers for the final AL wild-card spot as its September surge continued.
- Up next, Michael McGreevy, Cardinals RHP, faces Logan Gilbert, Mariners RHP, on Wednesday night before Seattle travels to Houston for its final road series late next week.
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The Seattle TimesRandy Arozarena, Josh Naylor homer as Mariners pull within one game of AL West lead
Four minutes later and 2,000 miles away, Randy Arozarena completed one of the biggest swings of the season in the American League West. Arozarena belted a mammoth three-run home run to give the Mariners the lead in the third inning,…
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Arozarena's 4 RBIs lift Mariners over Cards 5-3 as Seattle closes within 1 game of AL West lead
Randy Arozarena hit a go-ahead, three-run home run in the third inning as part of a four-RBI night as the Seattle Mariners beat the St.
Mariners 5, Cardinals 3
The St. Louis Cardinals surrendered a pair of home runs during a 5-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park. The Cardinals gave up two runs in the bottom of the fourth and trailed the rest of the way. Matthew Liberatore was charged with his 12th loss after allowing five runs on six hits in four innings. St. Louis has dropped its last two games. The Cardinals aim to avoid being swept when they finish up their series against the Seattle Mar…
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