Mariners beat Orioles for final, 5-2 @ Safeco Field.

【⚾️ #IchiRoadto50🔻】No.346
Good morning, #Seattle & #Baltimore🌱
9.5.2018. Game result:
Mariners beat Orioles for final, 5-2 @ Safeco Field.
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📈AL-#WildCard
1️⃣NYY
2️⃣OAK
3️⃣SEA 5.5
4️⃣TB 8.0

📈AL-W Divisional
1️⃣HOU 87-53. 621.
2️⃣OAK 84-57. 596. GB 3.5
3️⃣SEA  78-62.  557. GB 9.0

🎙HIDE’s COMMENTS;
Mariners took the final of the three-game set over Orioles at Safeco field. Oakland and Tampa bay lost the games today. But, Seattle remains 5.5 games behind Oakland for the 2nd American League wild card with 22 games remaining. 

📜Other Games’ Results related to M’s;
9.5.2018

• HOU 9-1 MIN
• NYY 8-2 OAK
• TB 3-10 TOR
• TEX 3-9 LAA ( #ShoheiOhtani with four hits including his 17th and 18th homers )

📸Features; 

• Mike Leake pitched well with walked none. 
• Mitch Haniger with his 24th HR to expand his hitting streak to 17 games.
• Nelson Cruze with his 34th HR.
• Denard Span with his 11th HR which was a back-to-back HR with Cruz and to add one more RBI single.
• Guillermo Heredia with a sacrifice bunt to secure a win. 

⚡️Today’s Heroes!!
Deffense; 

• Mike Leake (IP 6.0)-Shawn Armstrong(IP 1.0, H 1)-Alex Colome (IP 1.0, H 26)-Edwin Diaz(IP 1.0, S 53)
• Mike Leake allowed 7 hits 2 runs, 0 ERs, 0 BBs, had 4 SOs in six innings and earned his 9th victory which is his first one since June 23. 
• Edwin Diaz shutout the door with 2 SOs in the ninth and earned his 53rd save which sit tied for the fifth-most saves in a single season in the MLB history. 

Also, 

• Mariners’ bullpen allowed 8 hits, 2 runs, 0 ERs, 0 BBs with 8 SOs over 9 innings. 

Offense;
Inning 1;

• Mitch Hager opened the scouring with his 24th homer on a fly ball to center center field, 1-0. The lead-off man expanded his hitting streak to 17 games.

Inning 5;

• Nelson Cruz hit his 34th homer to tie the game on a fly ball to center field, 2-2.
• Denard Span hit his 11th for a back-to-back homer to go ahead on a line drive to right field, 3-2.

Inning 7;

• Denard Span drove in a run with a single on a soft fly ball to left field by which Nelson Cruz scoured, 4-2.
• Guillermo Heredia hit a sacrifice bunt to a pitcher by which Denard Span scoured, 5-2.

Also,

• Seattle produced 10 hits and 5 RBIs including Denard Span ’s 3-hit, Nelson Cruz’ 2-hit and Dee Gordon’s 2-hit.

By HIDE

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【⚾️ #IchiRoadto50🔺】No.345
9.5.2018 Today’s game; 
M’s with yet hope!
The final of a 3-game set
ALW 3, #Mariners ✖️ ALE 5, #Orioles
@ #SafecoField. We hope a return of #Ichiro.
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📈AL-#WildCard
1️⃣NYY
2️⃣OAK
3️⃣SEA 5.5
4️⃣TB 7.0

📈AL-W Divisional
1️⃣HOU 86-53. 619.
2️⃣OAK 83-57. 593. GB 3.5
3️⃣SEA  77-62.  554. GB 9.0

The starting pitchers are #MikeLeake aiming at his 9th win for #Seattle and #AndrewCashner, #54, seeking his 5th win for the #Baltimore.
The win-loss record of the Mariners stands at 77 to 62.
They stand the 3rd place in the #AmericanLeagueWest at the beginning of the game. 

Roster moves;
· Rob Whalen, RHP, outrighted to AAA Tacoma.

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