Mariners Edge Athletics in 9th-Inning Walk-Off
SEATTLE (Interstat) — Josh Naylor’s line-drive single in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Seattle Mariners to a 5-4 victory over the Athletics on Wednesday afternoon at T-Mobile Park. The Mariners overcame an early three-run deficit, tying the game in the seventh before Naylor’s one-out hit scored Cal Raleigh for the walk-off win.
Oakland built a 4-1 lead, scoring twice in the first on a sacrifice fly and an error, but Seattle chipped away with single runs in the first, third, sixth and seventh innings. Athletics starter Aaron Civale allowed three runs over 5 1/3 innings. Raleigh homered among his three hits for Seattle.
Andrés Muñoz earned the win despite allowing the tying run in the top of the ninth. Joel Kuhnel took the loss. Attendance was 15,704. The game took 2 hours, 51 minutes.