Seattle 5, Minnesota 1
When: 4:10 PM ET, Sunday, August 19, 2012
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature:
68°
Umpires:
Home -
Phil Cuzzi, 1B -
Manny Gonzalez, 2B -
Gerry Davis, 3B -
D.J. Reyburn
Attendance:
22635
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Mariners 5, Twins 1: Michael Saunders hit a two-run homer and Blake Beavan won for the fifth time in six decisions as host Seattle completed a three-game sweep to stretch its winning streak to five.
Saunders’ seventh-inning homer off Jeff Gray was his first since July 24th and Eric Thames added a run-scoring double later in the inning as the Mariners won for the 12th time in their last 13 home games.
Beavan (8-7) allowed one run and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. Carter Capps worked out of a bases-loaded jam by retiring the final two hitters in the sixth to protect the lead as Seattle handed Minnesota its fifth straight loss.
Josh Kinney pitched 2 1/3 hitless innings for his first major-league save.
Minnesota took a 1-0 lead in the second when Josh Willingham doubled, moved to third on a grounder and scored on a sacrifice fly by Trevor Plouffe.
Seattle loaded the bases in the third on two walks and a single before John Jaso coaxed a run-scoring walk off Twins starter Samuel Deduno (4-1). Jesus Montero followed by grounding into a double play as Saunders scored to give the Mariners a 2-1 lead.
Saunders’ homer boosted Seattle’s lead to 4-1.
Deduno allowed two runs and five hits in six innings. He walked six and struck out two.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Thames had three hits and went 5-for-8 in the series. … Minnesota OF Ben Revere (ankle) was 0-for-4 with a walk in his first action since being injured on Wednesday. … Seattle evened its home mark at 30-30 with the victory. … Twins OF Denard Span (shoulder) missed his sixth consecutive game.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Minnesota
|
7 |
0 |
9 |
.212 |
22 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
| Seattle
|
9 |
1 |
14 |
.300 |
19 |
5 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
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