SEATTLE – Eugenio Suarez hit a three-run home run in the 10th inning as the Seattle Mariners beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 on Sunday for their sixth victory in seven games.
The Mariners took a 3-1 lead with the help of solo home runs from Julio Rodriguez and Cal Raleigh, but he blew it in the eighth on an error and a wild pitch that allowed the Buccaneers to tie the game at 3-3. eighth.
Suarez entered the 10th going 3-0 before hitting his sixth home run of the year, driving deep into left field off Robert Stephenson (0-3).
The Pirates, who led the National League, lost four of five and never won a series in May.
Rodriguez slid a home run on first off to left off Connor Joe’s glove to make it 1-0. Raleigh in the third barely got past an Andrew McCutchen attempt on the right flank. Both home runs came against Pirates rookie Luis Ortiz.
Kelenic made it 3-1 with an RBI double to left corner on Crawford’s fifth drive.
Tyler Saucedo (1-0) made the 10th to win, stressing Ke’Bryan Hayes to get out of the rules corner.
For the Mariners, Venezuelan Eugenio Suarez went 4-1 with one run and three RBIs. Dominican Julio Rodriguez is 5-2 with a run scored and an RBI and Teoscar Hernandez is 4-1.
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