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Zunino’s home run rallies Mariners in ninth

By JIM HOEHN, Associated Press
Published: June 7, 2017, 11:41pm

SEATTLE — Mike Zunino hit his second homer of the game with two outs in the ninth inning, a two-run shot that gave the surging Seattle Mariners a 6-5 comeback victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.

Kyle Seager and Carlos Ruiz also homered for the Mariners, who overcame a three-run deficit and won for the ninth time in 10 games.

Ben Gamel singled with two outs in the ninth off closer Brandon Kintzler (2-1). Zunino, who hit a solo shot in the third, sent a 2-1 pitch over the center-field wall for his fourth home run.

Edwin Diaz (2-2) pitched a scoreless inning for the win.

After trailing 5-2, the Mariners scored once in the fifth and pulled to 5-4 in the sixth on Seager’s seventh homer.

Miguel Sano’s three-run homer capped a four-run fifth against Seattle starter Yovani Gallardo — all with two outs. Ehire Adrianza doubled and Brian Dozier walked. Joe Mauer hit an RBI single to tie it 2-all, and Sano followed with his 15th homer.

Seattle got a run back in the fifth after Zunino walked and Ruiz was hit by a pitch. Zunino advanced to third on Guillermo Heredia’s flyout to center and came home on Tyler Smith’s sacrifice fly.

Gallardo gave up five runs and six hits in a season-high seven innings.

Zunino and Ruiz, batting eighth and ninth, opened the third with consecutive homers to put Seattle up 2-1. Zunino lined the first pitch of the inning to left field. Ruiz, filling in at designated hitter for ailing Nelson Cruz, followed with a drive into the upper deck in left for his first home run of the season.

Trainer’s room

Mariners: Cruz, bothered by a sore right calf for more than a week, had an MRI. “I don’t know how long he’s going to be out. Maybe a day or two. He’s got something going on there, just a tightness in the calf,” manager Scott Servais said. . RHP Felix Hernandez (right shoulder inflammation) struggled in his first rehab start Tuesday with Triple-A Tacoma, allowing five runs and four hits in two innings. “His arm wasn’t bothering him. He’s throwing all of his pitches. He wasn’t holding back there at all, but I think the timing of his delivery — you have to execute pitches and it’s hard when you haven’t done it for a while,” Servais said.

Twins move

Minnesota claimed RHP Chris Heston off waivers from the Dodgers.

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