Thursday, September 19, 2002
Mariners 3, Rangers 2, 10 innings
By JIM COUR
AP Sports Writer
SEATTLE — Pinch-hitter Ruben Sierra singled home the winning run in the 10th as the Seattle Mariners beat Texas 3-2 Wednesday night, their third straight extra-inning win over the Rangers.
Seattle remained seven games back in the AL wild-card race with 10 games left.
Jeff Cirillo singled off Dennys Reyes (4-3), Ichiro Suzuki sacrificed, Mike Cameron walked and Edgar Martinez was intentionally walked.
Sierra then singled down the left-field line against Francisco Cordero. Texas had played six infielders, all drawn in, and two outfielders.
Kazuhiro Sasaki (4-5) pitched the 10th.
In a vintage Lou Piniella tantrum, the Mariners manager was thrown out in the bottom of the ninth after Ben Davis was thrown out at first base on a close play that ended the inning.
The 59-year-old Piniella threw his hat, kicked his hat, kicked the infield dirt, picked up first base and heaved it down the right-field line twice, and bench coach John McLaren restrained him from getting to C.B. Bucknor. Bucknor ejected Piniella, and Safeco Field fans chanted “Lou, Lou, Lou.”
With runners at third and second, Davis hit a ball off pitcher Jay Powell's glove to second baseman Michael Young, who barely got Davis at first.
Saying he was tired after going 5-for-32 in his previous eight games, All-Star Alex Rodriguez did not start. But he entered as a pinch-hitter in the ninth and went to shortstop, increasing his consecutive games streak to 377 games, third longest in the major leagues.
Texas took a 2-0 lead in the second on Carl Everett's RBI double and Herbert Perry's run-scoring single.
Cirillo hit an RBI single in the bottom half, and Desi Relaford's run-scoring single tied it in the third.
Ismael Valdes, acquired by Seattle from Texas on Aug. 18, allowed two runs and seven hits in seven innings. Rangers rookie Joaquin Benoit gave up two runs, nine hits and four walks in 5 2-3 innings.
Notes: Piniella was ejected for the third time this season. ... Suzuki set a Mariners season record for intentional walks with 26, one more than Ken Griffey Jr. in 1993. ... Everett had three hits. ... Benoit faced the Mariners for the first time. ... The Mariners had two outfield assists. RF Suzuki threw out Perry in the second and LF Relaford threw out Hafner trying to stretch a single into a double in the seventh.
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