Seattle 1, Texas 0
When: 9:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 22, 2012
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature:
67°
Umpires:
Home -
Doug Eddings, 1B -
Kerwin Danley, 2B -
Paul Nauert, 3B -
Dana DeMuth
Attendance:
17671
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Mariners 1, Rangers 0: Blake Beavan tossed seven strong innings and Michael Saunders belted a solo homer in the second as host Seattle evened its season series with Texas at nine wins apiece.
Justin Smoak continued his torrid streak with a pair of hits to improve to 15-for-31 over his last eight games. Kyle Seager added two hits of his own for the Mariners, who won their second straight after a four-game skid.
The setback kept the Rangers four games ahead of Oakland in the American League West. The Athletics dropped a 10-9 decision in 14 innings to the New York Yankees on Saturday.
Saunders accounted for all of the scoring by depositing a curveball from Matt Harrison (17-10) into the first row in right-center field in the second inning. The blast was Saunders' 17th homer - and third in eight games.
The modest offense proved to be enough for Beavan (10-10) and company. Beavan snapped a two-game slide despite yielding eight hits and reliever Josh Kinney worked out of a bases-loaded jam by retiring all three batters he faced. Tom Wilhelmsen worked a clean ninth inning to secure his 29th save.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Texas' Adrian Beltre went 1-for-4 in his return to the lineup after missing the series opener due to pain his stomach. Beltre admitted that tests revealed he has scar tissue from a previous surgery which presses against his intestines. ... Harrison suffered the hard-luck loss and fell to 4-1 versus Seattle this season and 10-2 in his career. He permitted one run on seven hits in eight innings. ... The Rangers lost consecutive games for the first time since a three-game skid on Aug. 13-15.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Texas
|
8 |
0 |
11 |
.258 |
15 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Seattle
|
7 |
1 |
11 |
.250 |
16 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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