Canzone powers Mariners past Rangers 6‑4
ARLINGTON, Texas (Interstat) — Dominic Canzone and Randy Arozarena each homered in a four-run seventh inning, and the Seattle Mariners rallied past the Texas Rangers 6-4 on Sunday afternoon at Globe Life Park to salvage the finale of a three-game series.
Seattle trailed 3-1 before the outburst, which erased a deficit built on Texas’s two-run fourth. Canzone’s three-run homer and Arozarena’s solo shot flipped the score, and the Mariners added an insurance run in the ninth to secure their first win in the series after dropping the first two games.
Gabe Speier earned the victory in relief, improving to 2-2. Speier worked a scoreless seventh inning, striking out two. Andrés Muñoz recorded his 18th save with a perfect ninth, striking out the side. Cole Winn took the loss for Texas, falling to 5-3 after allowing four runs in the seventh.
The Mariners improved to 52-54, while the Rangers slipped to 53-52.
Seattle starting pitcher Logan Gilbert threw 5 2/3 innings, allowing five hits and three earned runs with four strikeouts. He left with the Mariners trailing 3-1, but the offense picked him up in the seventh.
Texas grabbed an early lead in the first inning. Joc Pederson led off with a double, moved to third on Wyatt Langford’s single and scored on Ezequiel Duran’s sacrifice fly to center. The Rangers added two more in the fourth. Brandon Nimmo singled, advanced on a walk to Jake Burger and scored on Evan Carter’s single. Nicky Lopez then singled to drive in Burger, making it 3-0.
Seattle got on the board in the third. Cole Young tripled and scored on Julio Rodríguez’s single to center, cutting the deficit to 3-1. But the Mariners left two runners on in the fourth and squandered a chance in the sixth when they put two on with one out but failed to score.
The game turned in the seventh. With one out, Colt Emerson singled and Young singled, putting runners at first and second. Rodríguez flied out, but Canzone launched a 1-0 pitch from Winn over the right-field wall for his 16th homer, scoring Emerson and Young to give Seattle a 4-3 lead. Arozarena followed with his 12th homer, a solo shot to right-center, extending the lead to 5-3.
Texas answered in the eighth. Duran led off with his 11th homer of the season, a solo shot to left, cutting the deficit to 5-4. But Muñoz came on and struck out Nimmo and Burger to end the inning.
Seattle added a key insurance run in the ninth. Rodríguez was hit by a pitch, and Canzone doubled to right, scoring Rodríguez to make it 6-4. Arozarena singled, but Josh Naylor grounded into a double play to end the rally.
The Rangers went quietly in the bottom of the ninth. Carter struck out looking, Lopez struck out swinging, and Alejandro Osuna struck out swinging to end the game.
Dominic Canzone led Seattle’s offense, going 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and four RBIs. Randy Arozarena also went 3-for-5 with a homer and an RBI. Cole Young had two hits, including a triple, and scored twice. Josh Naylor added two hits. Victor Robles contributed a pinch-hit single in the eighth.
For Texas, Ezequiel Duran hit a solo homer and drove in two runs. Evan Carter had two hits and an RBI. Nicky Lopez and Brandon Nimmo each had one hit.
Seattle outhit Texas 14-6. The Mariners had five extra-base hits: two home runs, a double and a triple. The Rangers managed two extra-base hits: Pederson’s double and Duran’s homer.
The attendance was 29,496. The game lasted 3 hours, 3 minutes.
Seattle’s win avoided a sweep after losing 7-1 on Saturday and 5-4 on Friday. The Rangers had won four of their previous five games. The Mariners had lost five of their previous six before Sunday.
Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Texas Rangers 5, Seattle Mariners 4. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Texas with a 50.90 percent probability to win. Seattle was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5 runs. The total score of 10 went under the over/under line of 7.