Mariners score seven runs in eighth to defeat Orioles

BALTIMORE — Logan Gilbert allowed two hits in seven innings, Teoscar Hernandez and Tom Murphy homered and the Seattle Mariners routed the Baltimore Orioles 13-1 on Friday evening in a recreation that began 100 minutes late due to rain.

Murphy hit a two-run shot off Kyle Gibson (8-5) to cap a four-run third for Seattle, and Gilbert (5-4) had an excellent evening on the mound. He struck out simply 5 however induced loads of weak contact.

American League batting chief Austin Hays singled within the second for Baltimore’s lone hit till Anthony Santander homered within the seventh.

The Mariners have been already comfortably forward earlier than they added seven runs within the eighth. Hernandez, Ty France and Eugenio Suarez completed with three hits apiece. One Oriole who did handle a scoreless outing was infielder Josh Lester, who pitched the ninth.

The Mariners took a 1-0 lead on Murphy’s sacrifice fly within the second. The key play that inning got here one batter earlier, when Kolten Wong’s onerous grounder acquired previous second baseman Adam Frazier, ending up as a single as a substitute of a double play that might have ended the menace.

Suarez hit an RBI single within the third and Wong adopted with a sacrifice fly. Then Murphy hit a drive that cleared the massive wall in left discipline for his third homer of the season.

Hernandez hit a solo shot within the fourth, and the Orioles by no means got here shut to creating a recreation of it after that.

Gibson allowed 5 runs and 7 hits in three innings. That snapped a streak of 12 video games by which Baltimore starters had allowed three earned runs or fewer.

Seattle strung collectively six consecutive singles with two outs within the eighth. The first 5 introduced in a run apiece earlier than Suarez’s hit drove in two.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Mariners: Manager Scott Servais stated SS J.P. Crawford (bruised proper shoulder) may have been accessible if wanted, however he didn’t play.

UP NEXT

Baltimore sends Dean Kremer (8-3) to the mound Saturday in opposition to Bryce Miller (5-3).

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