Mariners rally to win slugfest over Cardinals 11-9
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Julio Rodríguez, Will Wilson and Cole Young each homered, and Leo Rivas hit a two-run single in the ninth to help the Seattle Mariners beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-9 on Saturday.
Rivas lined the bases-loaded hit off Riley O’Brien (3-1), who had not allowed an earned run in 13 previous appearances this season. Matt Brash (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth inning, and Andrés Muñoz pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his fifth save. Nathan Church homered twice and had four RBIs, JJ Wetherholt and Iván Herrera hit back-to-back home runs to leadoff the bottom of the first inning, and Pedro Pagés also homered for St.
Louis. Mitch Garver and Young hit back-to-back singles off JoJo Romero to leadoff the eighth inning, and Connor Joe stroked a pinch-hit, two-run single off O’Brien to tie the game at 9-all. Church hit a two-run homer, his fourth of the season, to right-center field in the seventh inning to pull the Cardinals ahead 9-7 after hitting a solo shot to right field in the second.
Bryan Woo allowed a career high-tying seven runs on nine hits including four home runs in three innings for Seattle. Matthew Liberatore allowed five runs, all coming via home runs, in 3 1/3 innings for St. Louis.
RED SOX 17, ORIOLES 1 BALTIMORE (AP) — Andruw Monasterio hit a grand slam as part of a 10-run ninth inning and Boston snapped a four-game skid with a victory over Baltimore. Hours later, the Red Sox (10-17) fired manager Alex Cora and five members of the coaching staff. He will be replaced on an interim basis by Chad Tracy, who had been managing the club’s Triple-A Worcester affiliate.
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