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09/10 17:56 CDT DeGrom retires first 15 batters, Rodrguez hits 3-run homer off
bullpen as Mariners beat Texas 4-3
DeGrom retires first 15 batters, Rodrguez hits 3-run homer off bullpen as
Mariners beat Texas 4-3
By LUKE OLSON
Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) --- Jacob deGrom retired his first 15 batters and struck out 12
for his highest total since 2022 but Julio Rodrguez hit a go-ahead, three-run
homer off Jakob Junis in a four-run seventh that lifted the Seattle Mariners
over the Texas Rangers 4-3 Thursday.
DeGrom didn't allow a hit until Cole Young singled on a line drive off the
pitcher's raised glove leading off the sixth. The two-time Cy Young Award
winner struck out eight of his first nine batters for the fifth time and
finished with his highest strikeout total since Sept. 19, 2022, for the New
York Mets against Pittsburgh.
He left with a 3-0 lead but Junis (1-3) hit Randy Arozarena with a pitch
leading off the seventh, then allowed Dominic Canzone's RBI single and Cal
Raleigh's single. Rodrguez hit a first-pitch sinker for his 21st home run this
season.
DeGrom gave up one hit in six scoreless innings with one walk.
Texas dropped three games behind AL West-leading Houston and two games back for
the last AL wild card. Seattle trails by five games for the last wild card.
Logan Gilbert (12-9), who like deGrom attended Stetson, struck out 11 in seven
innings and became Seattle's first pitcher with consecutive double-digit
strikeout games since James Paxton in 2018. The combined strikeouts were the
most by starting pitchers in the major leagues this season.
Gilbert also made a sliding tag of Wyatt Langford off a throw from Raleigh
after a pitch bounced away from the catcher in the seventh.
Andrs Muoz walked a pair of batters with two outs in the ninth, then got Jake
Burger to ground into a forceout for his 27th save in 36 chances. Young picked
up the grounder behind second and just beat Evan Carter to the base, a call
upheld in a video review.
UP NEXT
Rangers: Start a three-game series Friday at Arizona, which starts RHP Merrill
Kelly (9-13, 5.06).
Mariners: RHP George Kirby (9-11, 4.18) starts Friday at the Athletics, who
open with LHP Jeffrey Springs (4-13, 6.02).
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