ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Interstat) -- Rob Refsnyder’s go-ahead solo home run in the ninth inning lifted the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday afternoon. Refsnyder, who successfully challenged a called third strike, hit a 412-foot blast off JoJo Romero (0-1) into the left-field bullpen. Jose Ferrer retired the side in the ninth for his first save. Eduard Bazardo (1-1) earned the win with 1 1/3 scoreless innings.

Seattle scored single runs in the fourth, seventh and ninth innings. Cal Raleigh homered in the fourth, and Cole Young drove in a run in the seventh. St. Louis got solo homers from JJ Wetherholt in the third and Nathan Church in the sixth. Emerson Hancock allowed two runs over six innings for Seattle, while Michael McGreevy gave up one run in six frames for St. Louis.

The Mariners improved to 14-15; the Cardinals fell to 14-13. Attendance was 30,780, and the game lasted 2 hours, 36 minutes.