Mariners Score Runs at Safeco, Win Finale Versus the Nats
After a rough week offensively the Mariners salvage a win in the finale at Safeco Field against the NL East leading Washington Nationals. After a 2-4 week, the Mariners are somehow just 0.5 games back in the Wild Card race.
Dustin Ackley accounted for 4 RBI today, one on a sharp single back up the middle and three more on a home run cranked to right field.
With poor offense most of the week the M’s scored 5 runs and notched 12 hits against Tanner Roark and Co. this afternoon in Seattle.
Ackley has now pushed his average to .260, while Robinson Cano went 1-for-4 and his average has dipped to .324.
Endy Chavez provided the 5th RBI of the day on a double.
Hisashi Iwakuma wasn’t at his sharpest, allowing three earned runs and striking out 6 in 6 innings of work. The bullpen combined for 3 shutout innings, allowing only one hit off of closer Fernando Rodney in the 9th.
This win provides some needed momentum as the Mariners head out on an AL West roadtrip to face the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers.
BOX SCORE:
1-Ran for Ramos, W in the 7th.
Seattle | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jackson, A, CF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .271 |
Ackley, LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .260 |
Cano, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .324 |
Morales, K, 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .230 |
1-Jones, J, PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 |
Morrison, 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 |
Seager, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .274 |
Denorfia, DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .239 |
Chavez, En, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .275 |
Zunino, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .201 |
Miller, B, SS | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .206 |
Totals | 34 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | .247 |
1-Ran for Morales, K in the 8th.
BATTING
2B: Werth (31, Iwakuma), Span (36, Iwakuma).
HR: Harper 2 (10, 2nd inning off Iwakuma, 0 on, 1 out; 4th inning off Iwakuma, 0 on, 1 out), Schierholtz (7, 3rd inning off Iwakuma, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Span 2; Schierholtz 4; Harper 9; Werth 2.
RBI: Harper 2 (28), Schierholtz (34).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: LaRoche 2; Span; Schierholtz.
Team RISP: 0-for-7.
Team LOB: 6.FIELDING
DP: 2 (Desmond-Cabrera, A-LaRoche, LaRoche-Desmond-Roark).
BATTING
2B: Miller, B (11, Roark), Chavez, En (11, Stammen).
HR: Ackley (11, 5th inning off Roark, 2 on, 1 out).
TB: Cano; Chavez, En 2; Ackley 5; Jackson, A 3; Morales, K; Seager; Miller, B 4.
RBI: Ackley 4 (60), Chavez, En (20).
2-out RBI: Chavez, En.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cano; Zunino.
GIDP: Cano, Morales, K.
Team RISP: 4-for-9.
Team LOB: 6.BASERUNNING
SB: Jones, J 2 (22, 2nd base off Stammen/Lobaton, 3rd base off Stammen/Lobaton).
WP: Farquhar.
Pitches-strikes: Roark 92-60, Blevins 15-10, Stammen 12-9, Iwakuma 86-57, Furbush 7-5, Farquhar 20-13, Medina 17-9, Rodney 8-7.
Groundouts-flyouts: Roark 6-6, Blevins 1-1, Stammen 0-0, Iwakuma 8-3, Furbush 0-0, Farquhar 2-0, Medina 0-0, Rodney 2-0.
Batters faced: Roark 28, Blevins 4, Stammen 3, Iwakuma 23, Furbush 1, Farquhar 4, Medina 4, Rodney 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Blevins 2-0, Stammen 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Jim Joyce. 1B: Marvin Hudson. 2B: Doug Eddings. 3B: Cory Blaser.
Weather: 67 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 1 mph, Out to LF.
T: 2:57.
Att: 26,221.
Venue: Safeco Field.
August 31, 2014
Compiled by MLB Advanced Media