Tampa Bay Rays at Seattle Mariners

· Major League Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays

70-46, 29-28 Away

Final
3 - 2

Seattle Mariners

56-62, 33-28 Home

Richie Palacio, Victor Mesa Jr. lead the Rays past the Mariners, 3-2

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Seattle Mariners: Game Highlights

Griffin Jax was set to start for the Rays, but was removed hours before first pitch because of discomfort in his right elbow. Tampa Bay used seven arms out of the bullpen, with Casey Legumina getting the start.

The AL East leading Rays (70-46) have won six of seven and are the first AL team to reach 70 wins. The Mariners have dropped four of their last five and trail the final AL wild-card spot by 3 1/2 games.

Steven Matz (5-4) pitched two innings for the victory. Bryan Baker closed out the ninth for his AL-leading 34th save.

Josh Naylor hit two solo homers for Seattle, which were his first since June 12. He hit one off Cam Booser in the second, and another in the seventh off Garrett Cleavinger.

Palacios hit the two-out, two-run single in the sixth off Michael Rucker (0-2) to put the Rays up 3-1.

Mesa tied it at 1 with a 412-foot homer into right field in the fourth.

George Kirby allowed one run on four hits, but exited after five innings with 99 pitches.

Seattle manager Dan Wilson was ejected for the second time over the past four games. Julio Rodríguez was not granted a challenge after a strike three call by home plate umpire Emil Jimenez because Rodríguez took too long. The following inning, Jonathan Aranda also challenged and it was granted. Boos from the Seattle crowd continued into the next frames.

Up next Rays LHP Ian Seymour (8-3, 4.27 ERA) was set to face Mariners RHP Emerson Hancock (6-6, 3.33) on Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Donovan grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, Rodríguez out at second.
	9th Inning	Naylor flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Rodríguez singled to center.
	9th Inning	Baker relieved Kelly
	9th Inning	Díaz struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Walls struck out swinging.

Statistics

TB		SEA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	13
7	Strikeouts	5
3	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	8
3	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	15
1	Caught Stealing	0
166	Pitches	114
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	15
37	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
3.3	Runs Created	3.5
.206	Batting Average	.242
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.324	Slugging Percentage	.455
.265	Secondary Average	.273
.270	On Base Percentage	.265
.594	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.719
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
3.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.5
27.0	Batter Rating	25.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.5
0.75	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.49	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.35
.118	Isolated Power	.212
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
.059	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.030
6.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
75.8	MLB Rating	79.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0