KANSAS CITY — Their winning streak is done, ending at 10 games.
The Mariners went from leading by one run going into the bottom of the eighth inning to trailing by three runs going into the top of the ninth after one of their best relievers couldn’t hold a one-run lead or finish the inning.
How?
A two-run home run by Adam Frazier in the bottom of the eighth inning off Matt Brash proved to be the deciding hit in what would eventually be a 7-5 loss.
Adam Frazier?
Yep, the former Mariner, who is not known for his home run hitting prowess, lifted an opposite field flyball down the left-field line that somehow carried over the wall and stayed just inside the foul pole. It was just his sixth homer of the season.
Brash, who started the eighth with a 4-3 lead, would give up two more runs and never finish the frame. It was just the third time in his career he gave up three runs in a relief outing.
Bryce Miller had to work to get through five innings, allowing three runs on eight hits with two walks and four strikeouts. He allowed multiple baserunners in four of his five innings on the mound.
His three runs allowed came in the first inning. Miller allowed a two-out single to Vinnie Pasquantino and an infield single to Maikel Garcia on a slow roller that J.P. Crawford fielded but couldn’t make a throw on. The extra out loomed large when Salvador Perez crushed a three-run homer to dead center on a 2-0 fastball.
The Mariners answered immediately in the top of the second against lefty Cole Ragans. Eugenio Suárez, who had been hitless in his previous 32 at-bats coming to the game, smashed a fastball over the wall in left field for a two-run home run. Suárez’s 46th homer of the season cut the lead to 3-2.
Ragans, who was making his first appearance since June 5 due to shoulder inflammation, was on a strict pitch limit. He exited with two outs in the fourth inning, have thrown 62 pitches.
Facing a parade of relievers, the Mariners finally picked up a run in the top of the seventh. Suárez led off with a double for his third hit of the game and later scored on Mitch Garver’s game-tying sacrifice fly to center.
Seattle would grab a brief 4-3 lead in the top of the eighth when Crawford led off with a solo homer to right field.
This story will be updated.
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