Jackson lifts Mariners to 6-5 walk-off victory over Orioles in 10 innings
SEATTLE – OK, somehow it turned out well. The Mariners rescued themselves Tuesday night from their increasingly combustible bullpen by pulling out a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in 10 innings.
Austin Jackson provided the walk-off victory by shooting a grounder through the right side of the infield with the bases loaded.
It shouldn’t have been this hard.
The Mariners were five outs from victory with a 5-2 lead before Tom Wilhelmsen and Joe Beimel gave up back-to-back homers in the eighth inning.
That snatched a victory away from Taijuan Walker, who recovered from a rough start by pitching through the sixth inning.
Logan Morrison started the winning rally with a bloop double that fell just fair inside the left-field line against lefty reliever T.J. McFarland (0-2).
Brad Miller then hopped a single through the left side of the infield that moved Morrison to third and forced the Orioles to shorten their infield and outfield for a possible play at the plate.
Mike Zunino drew a walk that loaded the bases with no outs.
Jackson’s single ended it.
Fernando Rodney (5-4) got the victory after pitching a scoreless 10th inning.
Walker recovered from a long two-run first inning by pitching through the sixth with no further damage. He gave up two runs and five hits while walking one and striking out six in a no-decision.
Walker is 7-2 with a 3.33 ERA over his last 14 starts.
Wilhelmsen inherited a three-run lead and breezed through the seventh inning and retired the first batter in the eighth before walking Gerardo Parra.
Adam Jones then crushed a 2-1 fastball in the middle of the plate for a no-doubt homer to left. The lead was down to 5-4.
Beimel replaced Wilhelmsen and gave up a game-tying homer to Chris Davis.
Carson Smith replaced Beimel and retired the next two hitters.
The M’s battered long-time tormentor Chris Tillman, their former farmhand, for five runs and eight hits in 2 1/3 innings. He was 6-0 with a 2.09 ERA in seven previous starts against Seattle.
Cruz started a four-run first inning with a two-out homer. It extended his career-high hitting streak to 21 games and gave him the major-league lead with 34 homers.
Robinson Cano and Seth Smith followed Cruz’s homer with singles before Mark Trumbo rocked a three-run homer. The Mariners led 4-2.
| Baltimore | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| M.Machado 3b | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .300 |
| G.Parra rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .214 |
| A.Jones cf | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .280 |
| C.Davis 1b | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .254 |
| Wieters c | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Joseph c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 |
| Schoop 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .302 |
| Paredes dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .276 |
| J.Hardy ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 |
| Reimold lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .226 |
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| Seattle | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| A.Jackson cf | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .249 |
| Seager 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .263 |
| N.Cruz rf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .324 |
| K.Marte ss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .235 |
| Gutierrez ph-lf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .306 |
| Cano 2b | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .268 |
| S.Smith lf-rf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| J.Montero ph-1b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .289 |
| Trumbo dh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .239 |
| Morrison 1b-rf | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .220 |
| B.Miller ss-lf-ss | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .253 |
| Zunino c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .168 |
| Totals | 39 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| Baltimore | 200 | 000 | 030 | 0—5 | 7 | 2 |
| Seattle | 410 | 000 | 000 | 1—6 | 13 | 0 |
E—J.Hardy (3), M.Machado (14). LOB—Baltimore 5, Seattle 13. 2B—G.Parra (2), Morrison (10), B.Miller (18). HR—A.Jones (19), C.Davis (31), N.Cruz (34), Trumbo (5). RBIs—A.Jones 2 (56), C.Davis (83), Schoop 2 (22), A.Jackson (30), Seager (45), N.Cruz (70), Trumbo 3 (19). CS—B.Miller (2). S—J.Hardy, Zunino. SF—Seager. RLISP—Baltimore 2, Seattle 6. RMU—Trumbo.
| Baltimore | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
| Tillman | 21/3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4.66 |
| Matusz | 21/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.52 |
| Givens | 11/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Brach | 12/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.60 |
| McFarland L,0-2 | 11/3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.37 |
| Seattle | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
| T.Walker | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4.60 |
| Wilhelmsen H,6 | 11/3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.28 |
| Beimel BS,2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.16 |
| Ca.Smith | 12/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.66 |
| Rodney W,5-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.21 |
IR-S—Matusz 2-0, Givens 1-0, McFarland 1-0. T—3:29. A—24,863 (47,574).