NEW YORK — J.P. Crawford led off the ninth inning with a tiebreaking homer and the Seattle Mariners beat the New York Mets 8-7 on Saturday night to extend their small lead in the AL West.
Crawford hit the second pitch from Adam Ottavino (1-5) into the right-field seats for the Mariners, who squandered a four-run lead but still improved to 39-16 since July 1 — the best record in the majors during that span.
Seattle moved a game ahead of second-place Houston, which lost 5-4 to the New York Yankees.
Justin Topa (5-4) got the final four outs for Seattle. He gave up two hits in the ninth, but Daniel Vogelbach was thrown out trying to stretch a leadoff single and Topa retired Francisco Álvarez on a comebacker with a runner at first.
Teoscar Hernandez homered and finished with three RBIs. Dominic Canzone delivered his first career pinch-hit homer, a two-run drive in the sixth. Julio Rodríguez hit an RBI triple in the second and Sam Haggerty built a run in the sixth by walking, stealing two bases and scoring on an error.
Jeff McNeil finished a homer shy of the cycle for the Mets and tied the game with a run-scoring triple in the eighth. DJ Stewart stayed hot with a three-run shot — his ninth homer in the last 15 games — while Francisco Lindor and Mark Vientos also went deep.
Mets rookie Ronny Mauricio, recalled from the minors Friday, had his second straight two-hit game.
Mariners right-hander Luis Castillo allowed five runs and struck out a season-low two in five-plus innings, snapping a streak of eight straight starts in which he lasted at least six innings.
David Peterson gave up four runs in four-plus innings for the Mets.
MAGIC MAN
Mauricio became the seventh Mets player to begin his career with consecutive multi-hit games and the first to do it since Josh Thole in September 2009.
METS MOVES
New York recalled RHP Grant Hartwig from Triple-A Syracuse and optioned RHP Denyi Reyes to the same affiliate. The Mets also claimed RHP Peyton Battenfield off waivers from Cleveland and optioned him to Syracuse. Battenfield was 0-4 with a 5.19 ERA in seven games (six starts) this season for the Guardians.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mariners: 1B Ty France left the game immediately after being hit on the right elbow by Hartwig’s pitch leading off the sixth. He has a bruised elbow.
Mets: Vientos appeared to get hurt running the bases in the seventh and was replaced by Jonathan Araúz in the top of the eighth. … RHP Edwin Díaz (right patellar tendon) threw another bullpen, his fourth of the homestand.
UP NEXT
A nine-game homestand against AL West opponents concludes Sunday for the Mets, who will send RHP Tylor Megill (7-7, 5.29 ERA) to the mound against Mariners RHP George Kirby (10-8, 3.28). Megill is facing Seattle for the first time. Kirby, who grew up a little more than 20 miles from Citi Field, hasn’t started since Aug. 23 due to an illness.
Seattle 8, N.Y. Mets 7
| Seattle | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford ss | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .273 |
| Rodríguez cf | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .287 |
| Suárez 3b | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .234 |
| Hernández dh | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .266 |
| Raleigh c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .229 |
| France 1b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 |
| 1-Ford pr-1b | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .227 |
| Moore rf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .223 |
| a-Canzone ph-rf | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| Haggerty lf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .196 |
| Caballero 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .227 |
| b-Rojas ph-2b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
| Totals | 36 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| New York | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nimmo cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .260 |
| Lindor ss | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| McNeil lf | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| Alonso 1b | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .220 |
| Vogelbach dh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 |
| Stewart rf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .277 |
| 2-Locastro pr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Vientos 3b | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .209 |
| Araúz 3b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| c-Baty ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 |
| Narváez c | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .196 |
| d-Alvarez ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 |
| Mauricio 2b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .571 |
| Totals | 39 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| Seattle | 012 | 013 | 001_8 | 10 | 0 |
| New York | 000 | 303 | 010_7 | 13 | 1 |
a-homered for Moore in the 6th. b-struck out for Caballero in the 8th. c-popped out for Araúz in the 9th. d-grounded out for Narváez in the 9th.
1-ran for France in the 6th. 2-ran for Stewart in the 9th.
E_Vientos (3). LOB_Seattle 5, New York 10. 2B_Nimmo (22), McNeil (22). 3B_Rodríguez (2), McNeil (3). HR_Hernández (24), off Peterson; Canzone (3), off Hartwig; Crawford (14), off Ottavino; Stewart (10), off Castillo; Vientos (4), off Castillo; Lindor (25), off Speier. RBIs_Hernández 3 (84), Rodríguez (88), Canzone 2 (5), Crawford (46), Stewart 3 (21), Vientos (12), Lindor 2 (81), McNeil (48). SB_Mauricio (1), Haggerty 2 (6), Rodríguez (36). SF_Hernández.
Runners left in scoring position_Seattle 2 (Suárez, Haggerty); New York 5 (Stewart, Lindor, McNeil, Alonso 2). RISP_Seattle 2 for 8; New York 1 for 12.
Runners moved up_France, Rodríguez, McNeil, Alonso. GIDP_Suárez.
DP_New York 1 (Lindor, Mauricio, Alonso).
| Seattle | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castillo | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 89 | 3.19 | |
| Speier, H, 16 | 2-3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 3.74 | |
| Brash, H, 19 | 1 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 3.39 |
| Saucedo, BS, 1-2 | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3.24 | |
| Topa, W, 5-4 | 1 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2.11 |
| New York | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peterson | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 77 | 5.40 | |
| Hartwig | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 5.26 | |
| Reid-Foley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0.00 | |
| Bickford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6.48 | |
| Gott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5.49 | |
| Ottavino, L, 1-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3.17 |
Inherited runners-scored_Speier 1-1, Brash 1-0, Topa 1-0, Hartwig 1-1, Reid-Foley 1-1. HBP_Castillo (Vogelbach), Peterson (Crawford), Hartwig (France).
Umpires_Home, Adam Hamari; First, Nick Mahrley; Second, Jacob Metz; Third, Vic Carapazza.
T_3:10. A_31,480 (42,136).
