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06/07 17:01 CDT Kevin McGonigle's clutch hit with 2 outs in 9th rallies Tigers
to 5-4 win over Mariners
Kevin McGonigle's clutch hit with 2 outs in 9th rallies Tigers to 5-4 win over
Mariners
DETROIT (AP) --- Kevin McGonigle homered in the fourth inning and hit a two-run
single off All-Star closer Andrs Muoz with two outs in the bottom of the
ninth that gave the Detroit Tigers a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on
Sunday.
Wenceel Prez tripled home two runs in the seventh to begin Detroit's comeback
from a 4-1 deficit as the Tigers took two of three games in the series.
Muoz (3-4) struck out Spencer Torkelson to start the ninth, then walked Zach
McKinstry and Prez. Both advanced on Matt Vierling's groundout before
McGonigle lined a single off the glove of leaping second baseman Cole Young to
give Detroit its fifth victory in six games.
Will Vest (2-4) pitched a scoreless inning for the win.
Seattle wasted a strong start from Luis Castillo, who left with a 3-1 lead
after yielding three hits in 5 2/3 innings. The veteran right-hander's only
blemish was McGonigle's fourth homer --- a 420-foot shot leading off the fourth
that tied it at 1.
Colt Emerson doubled off Tigers starter Jack Flaherty to begin the third before
scoring on Young's one-out single to put Seattle up 1-0.
Julio Rodrguez singled and scored on a double by Josh Naylor for a 2-1 lead in
the sixth. Flaherty left after walking Randy Arozarena. The right-hander
allowed three runs and six hits in five-plus innings.
Drew Sommers relieved Flaherty and hit Emerson with a bases-loaded pitch to
make it 3-1. Kyle Finnegan entered and retired Jhonny Peralta on a lineout to
center field to end the inning.
Rodrguez walked with one out in the seventh, stole second and third, and
scored on Arozarena's two-out single off Finnegan for a 4-1 lead.
Mariners reliever Cooper Criswell gave up Prez's two-run triple in the bottom
of the seventh and failed to get an out. Gabe Speier retired Vierling on a
pinch-hit grounder to third, and McGonigle on a shallow fly to left before
striking out Gleyber Torres to keep it 4-3.
Seattle had homered in nine straight games.
Up next
Mariners RHP Emerson Hancock (4-2, 2.80 ERA) starts Monday in Baltimore to
begin a four-game series with the Orioles, who had not announced a starting
pitcher.
Tigers RHP Troy Melton (2-0, 1.74 ERA) pitches Tuesday to open a three-game
series with the visiting Twins, who will start RHP Taj Bradley (5-2, 3.56).
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