Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners Match Player Stats On Jun 20, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 21, 2017

SEATTLE -- Kyle Seager drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Seattle Mariners a 5-4 victory against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night at Safeco Field.

Nelson Cruz walked against Justin Wilson (3-3) to open the inning. Pinch-runner Tyler Smith then stole second base. Seager lined a double down the right-field line to score Smith and give the Mariners (36-37) their third consecutive victory.

Detroit (32-38) suffered its fourth straight loss.

Steve Cishek (1-1) pitched one scoreless inning of relief to get the victory.

The Tigers tied the score at 4-4 with two runs in the eighth off Seattle reliever Dan Altavilla.

Ian Kinsler led off the inning with a walk and stole second. After Altavilla caught Nicholas Castellanos and Miguel Cabrera looking at called third strikes, Kinsler took off for third on the first pitch to J.D. Martinez.

Altavilla's pitch was in the dirt and skipped toward the Detroit dugout down the third-base line, allowing Kinsler to score. Kinsler was credited with a steal of third and came home on the wild pitch.

That seemed to unnerve Altavilla as Martinez hit the next pitch deep into the seats in right field to even the score. It was Martinez's 12th home run of the season.

The Mariners put two runners in scoring position with two outs in the eighth, but Jarrod Dyson took a called third strike to end the inning.

The Tigers got a leadoff single from John Hicks in the ninth off Seattle closer Edwin Diaz, but Mikie Mahtook fouled out to first baseman Danny Valencia while trying to bunt pinch-runner Andrew Romine to second. Romine was caught stealing for the second out and Diaz struck out pinch-hitter Alex Avila to end the inning.

Mike Zunino led off the bottom of the ninth by grounding a single up the middle. Taylor Motter then popped out to reliever Warwick Saupold while trying to bunt pinch-runner Guillermo Heredia to second. Saupold struck out Ben Gamel, but then hit Mitch Haniger with a pitch.

Justin Wilson came on to face Robinson Cano with two outs and two on. Wilson got Cano to ground out to first base to force extra innings.

Seattle's Ariel Miranda overcame a shaky start to pitch seven strong innings.

Miranda allowed leadoff home runs in each of the first two innings but settled down. He allowed four hits, walked two and struck out three.

The Cuban left-hander retired 13 of the last 14 batters he faced, the only baserunner during that time reaching on an error by Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager.

Gamel gave the Mariners a 4-2 lead with a solo home run to center field in the seventh off Tigers left-hander Daniel Stumpf, who faced just one batter in relief of Jordan Zimmerman (5-6). It was Gamel's third homer of the season and came on a 2-2 count.

Zimmerman went 6 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on six hits. He walked three and struck out seven.

The way things started, it looked like the game would turn into a slugfest.

Kinsler hit Miranda's third pitch of the game into the first row of the second deck down the left-field line. The home run was Kinsler's sixth of the season.

The Mariners answered in the bottom of the inning, as Cruz lined a two-run double into the gap in left-center field. Gamel led off with a double down the right-field line, followed by a walk to Haniger. After Robinson Cano lined out to center field, Cruz delivered against Zimmerman.

The Tigers tied it in the second as Justin Upton led off the inning with a 411-foot homer to center field on a 1-2 pitch.

Seattle regained the lead in the bottom of the inning as Motter lined a two-out pitch just over the wall in the left-field corner, making it 3-2. It was Motter's seventh home run of the season, coming on an 0-1 pitch by Zimmerman.

NOTES: Detroit 2B Ian Kinsler has four leadoff homers in the first inning this season and 44 in his career, tying Brady Anderson for fifth place in major league history. Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson holds the record with 81. ... Seattle OF Ben Gamel went 3-for-5 with a double and home run, extending his hitting streak to 12 games. ... Tigers DH John Hicks, who started his career with the Mariners, lined a single to left field in the second inning for his first hit at Safeco Field. Hicks was 0-for-15 with eight strikeouts in this ballpark before that at-bat. ... Tigers RHP Justin Verlander (4-4, 4.50 ERA) is scheduled to face Mariners LHP James Paxton (5-2, 3.23) on Wednesday night in the third contests of the four-game series.