Mariners Power Past Rangers to Earn Series Split

SEATTLE (Interstat) — The Seattle Mariners defeated the Texas Rangers 5-2 on Sunday evening at T-Mobile Park, splitting the four-game series behind strong pitching and timely power.

Bryan Woo earned the win for Seattle, allowing two runs on four hits over seven innings while striking out six. Randy Arozarena and J.P. Crawford each hit two-run homers, in the fifth and second innings respectively, to power the Mariners’ offense before a crowd of 35,474.

Texas scored both its runs in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Josh Jung and an RBI double from Evan Carter. MacKenzie Gore took the loss for the Rangers, yielding five runs on seven hits in five innings. Andrés Muñoz struck out the side in the ninth for his third save.

With the win, Seattle improved to 10-13, while Texas fell to 11-11.