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J.P. Crawford hit a two-run homer within the backside of the ninth inning because the Seattle Mariners rallied to defeat the visiting Texas Rangers 4-3 Friday evening.

Dominic Canzone led off the inning with a single and Crawford lined a 2-0 fastball from Robert Garcia (1-6) over the suitable area wall to present the Mariners the walk-off victory.

Eduard Bazardo (5-0) pitched a scoreless inning of aid for the victory.

The Mariners opened the scoring within the second inning. With one out, Eugenio Suarez reached on an infield chopper and Jorge Polanco lined a single to proper, placing runners on the corners. A stroll to Canzone loaded the bases earlier than Rangers starter Jack Leiter fanned Crawford. Rookie Cole Younger walked to deliver residence Suarez, however Leiter struck out Randy Arozarena to get out of the jam with no additional injury.

The Rangers did all their injury towards Mariners starter Logan Gilbert within the high of the third. Joc Pederson, who entered the sport 0-for-24 towards the Mariners this season, led off and was grazed on the hand by a pitch. Former Mariner Rowdy Tellez grounded a double down the primary bottom line, with Pederson scoring from first when Canzone bobbled the ball in proper area. Tellez took third on Jonah Heim’s groundout and scored on Josh Smith’s grounder into left area. With two outs, Marcus Semien doubled into the left-center hole to make it 3-1.

The Mariners pulled inside a run within the fifth after Younger drew a leadoff stroll and Cal Raleigh did the identical an out later. After Julio Rodriguez grounded right into a forceout, Josh Naylor doubled down the left area line to attain Younger. Suarez flied out to the warning monitor in middle to finish the inning, stranding the tying run at third.

Leiter allowed two runs on three hits in 4 1/3 innings, with three walks and 7 strikeouts.

Gilbert went six innings and gave up three runs on 5 hits. He did not stroll a batter and fanned seven.

–Area Degree Media