Mariners Greatest Hits: Third Baseman Kyle Seager

May 26th, 2015

Unlike the two other games that were chosen, Seager decided to make his mark on this game late into the night, including extra innings.

Seager did start off with a flair, singling in Seth Smith from third base to score the game’s 2nd run. It wouldn’t be until the 8th inning that Seager would make another positive offensive contribution, but it would be worth the wait.

With the bases loaded, Seager would step into the batter’s box and smash a crucial grand slam blast about 10 rows into the right field stands putting the Mariners ahead of the Tampa Rays 6-2. Up to this point, Seager had five of the team’s six runs.

As the entire Mariners dugout watched the bullpen crumble in the bottom of the 9th, Seager would have to deliver one more blow to the Rays to record the knockout win.

In the 10th, with the count not in his favor at 0-2, he took the next pitch to dead center over the outreaching glove of Rays center fielder, Kevin Kiermaier.

The Mariners had regained the lead and this time it was for good. Joe Beimel would come in to close out the game in the home half of the 10th recording his 1st save of the year, his only as a Mariner, and just 5th in his 13-year career.

The six RBIs is still a personal-best for Seager, and on this day, Seager became just the 27th player in Mariners history to record multiple home runs and at least six runs batted in in the same game.