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Tigers hold Mariners to 1 hit, cap 3-game sweep with 2-1 victory

Javier Báez hits 2-run HR in 8th to spoil great outing by Seattle's Bryce Miller

By DAVE HOGG, Associated Press
Published: August 15, 2024, 1:50pm
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Detroit Tigers' Javier Báez, right, is greeted by Parker Meadows after a two-run home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, in Detroit.
Detroit Tigers' Javier Báez, right, is greeted by Parker Meadows after a two-run home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) Photo Gallery

DETROIT — Javier Báez hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Detroit Tigers held the Seattle Mariners to one hit and rallied for a 2-1 win on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep.

The teams were playing for the sixth time in nine days. Detroit won two of three last week in Seattle.

“What an emotional turnaround at the end of a game that was tremendously pitched on both sides,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “This was a fun sweep.”

The Mariners got seven scoreless innings from their starter for the second game in a row and once again handed the lead to Yimi García. On Wednesday, he allowed Kerry Carpenter’s tying homer in what ended up a 3-2 loss in 10 innings.

This time, Parker Meadows walked and stole second, but García retired the next two hitters before giving way to closer Andrés Muñoz.

Muñoz (2-4), who hadn’t allowed a hit in a franchise-record 12 straight outings, hung a 2-1 slider and Báez lined it over the fence in left field.

“It is hard to sit on a slider as hard as that guy throws,” Báez said. “You just have to trust yourself to wait for your pitch and do something with it.”

Shelby Miller (6-7) earned the victory with 1 1/3 hitless innings of relief. Jason Foley pitched the ninth for his 16th save in Detroit’s fourth straight win.

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Bryce Miller allowed two hits in seven innings for Seattle, striking out nine.

“This was like watching a rerun of a bad movie,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “Obviously, we can’t ask Bryce to do anything more than what he did today. We’ve just got to find some offense.”

The Mariners scored four runs total in the three-game series.

“You aren’t going to win games in this league with one or two runs,” Servais said. “Our pitching has been awesome — it has been awesome all year — but you need to get some hits and drive in some guys.”

Seattle took a 1-0 lead in the first when Tigers opener Alex Faedo walked four of the first six batters, including Justin Turner with the bases full.

In the fifth, Victor Robles doubled with one out for Seattle’s only hit of the game and stole third. Kenta Maeda walked Jorge Polanco to put runners on the corners, but Randy Arozarena flew out to shallow center and Cal Raleigh lined out to first.

Maeda finished with 5 2/3 scoreless innings of bulk relief for a Tigers pitching staff with two healthy starters. He walked one batter and hit two.

“Alex struggled in the first with his command, but Kenta came right in and attacked,” Hinch said. “Outside of a couple first-pitch hit-by-pitches, he had a really good game.”

Maeda has a 3.28 ERA in six relief outings since losing his rotation spot at the All-Star break.

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Mariners fly to Pittsburgh to start a three-game series with the Pirates. Right-hander Logan Gilbert (7-8, 2.91) will start on Friday against Pirates star rookie right-hander Paul Skenes (6-2, 2.25).

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TIGERS 2, MARINERS 1

Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Robles cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .279
Polanco 2b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .214
Arozarena lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .271
Raleigh c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .214
Raley 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .228
Turner dh 3 0 0 1 1 1 .205
Canzone rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .212
Moore ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .202
Rojas 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .232
Totals 28 1 1 1 5 8
Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Malloy lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .215
Urshela 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243
Carpenter dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .287
Keith 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .249
Dingler c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .185
Madris 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .286
Meadows cf 2 1 1 0 1 1 .190
Ibáñez 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .265
a-McKinstry ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .191
Baddoo rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .137
Báez ss 3 1 2 2 0 1 .188
Totals 27 2 3 2 1 10
Seattle 100 000 000—1 1 0
Detroit 000 000 02x—2 3 0

a-popped out for Ibáñez in the 8th.

LOB—Seattle 7, Detroit 2. 2B—Robles (8). HR—Báez (6), off Muñoz. RBI—Turner (9), Báez 2 (37). SB—Robles (13), Meadows 2 (7), Moore (22).

Runners left in scoring position—Seattle 5 (Polanco, Raleigh, Moore, Canzone 2); Detroit 1 (Baddoo). RISP—Seattle 0 for 8; Detroit 1 for 4.

Runners moved up—Baddoo.

Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
B.Miller 7 2 0 0 0 9 90 3.29
García, H, 3 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 13 5.19
Muñoz, L, 2-4, BS, 18-22 1-3 1 1 1 0 1 11 1.35
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Faedo 1 0 1 1 4 1 33 3.72
Maeda 5 2-3 1 0 0 1 5 84 6.18
S.Miller, W, 6-7 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 22 5.36
Foley, S, 16-19 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 3.48

Inherited runners-scored—Muñoz 1-1, S.Miller 1-0. HBP—Maeda 2 (Raley,Moore). WP—Maeda.

Umpires—Home, Edwin Moscoso; First, Vic Carapazza; Second, Tom Hanahan; Third, Adam Hamari.

T—2:24. A—20,429 (41,083).

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