![]() Mariners: RHP George Kirby (6-3, 3.15) will take the mound. He pitched five scoreless innings before a rain delay Sunday during Atlanta’s win over Miami. We’ll know more once we get through the weekend.”īraves: LHP Max Fried (13-5, 2.48 ERA) starts the middle game of the interleague series Saturday. “We’ll find out in the next couple of days where he’s at,” Servais said. Servais said Friday that Moore is “feeling better,” but not doing much rotational work or swinging a bat yet. The Mariners placed utility player Dylan Moore (oblique) on the 10-day injured list Aug. ![]() It’s hard to string a lot of hits together against a guy like (Morton), so you’re going to have to hit the long ball, and we did. “Carlos had really good at-bats tonight when we needed it. “Carlos kept us in the game,” Servais said. Seattle has lost three of four but is four games ahead of Baltimore for the final American League wild card. Raisel Iglesias struck out three in a hitless eighth and Kenley Jansen whiffed two in a 1-2-3 ninth for his 33rd save. Minter struck out Ty France to end the inning. Seattle then had runners on first and second with two outs, but A.J. Santana hit his second home run of the game and 14th of the season in the seventh. The ball was getting out of here tonight.” “It was the night of the home run, I guess,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. Harris and Grossman both homered in the sixth to make it 6-3. Crawford answered with a solo shot in the bottom half, his first home run since June 1. Swanson gave Atlanta a 2-0 lead in the first with a two-run homer off Robbie Ray (12-9), who gave up four runs in five innings.Īfter a walk to Jesse Winker in the second, Santana tied it with a home run.Ītlanta reclaimed the lead in the fourth when Harris led off with a double and scored on Grossman’s single.Ī two-out homer by d’Arnaud in the fifth made it 4-2. We’ve been very fortunate this year that those guys at the back end of the lineup have done a lot of damage for us.” “Even if he’s not in the starting lineup, he’s always ready. “I can’t say enough about (Grossman) - just the professional he is, how he shows up every day and he’s ready to go,” Snitker said. ![]() Crawford also connected.īraves starter Charlie Morton (8-5) allowed four runs in 6 1/3 innings. ![]() ![]() We got to it and now we’re just trying to keep it.”Ĭarlos Santana homered twice for the Mariners, and J.P. “We were down 10 games at one point and now we’re leading the East. “It shows how dedicated we are to winning and how much we want to win,” Harris said. The only previous day this season the Mets did not hold at least a share of the division lead was April 11. I think they’ve been great in their approach and how they come to work.”Ītlanta was seven games back on Aug. “That’s why we’re playing these games: trying to win the division,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. New York lost 6-3 at Miami earlier in the night. Robbie Grossman, Travis d’Arnaud and rookie Michael Harris II also went deep for the streaking Braves, who won their eighth straight and finally jumped a half-game ahead of the Mets in the NL East after chasing them for five months. SEATTLE (AP) - Dansby Swanson hit one of Atlanta’s four home runs and the World Series champion Braves grabbed sole possession of first place for the first time all season with a 6-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. ![]()
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