SEATTLE (AP) — Teoscar Hernández homered for the second consecutive night, and Eugenio Suárez broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-run single to lead the Seattle Mariners over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Saturday.
Jarred Kelenic also had a homer and a double for the Mariners. Kelenic and Hernández are tied for the team lead with five home runs.
Tommy Edman hit a solo homer for the Cardinals in the ninth, his third of the season.
With the game tied 3-all, Kolten Wong led off the bottom of the seventh with a walk and J.P. Crawford singled. With two outs, Suárez drove them both in with a hard single to left field.
“He doesn’t panic. He doesn’t try to do too much,” Mariners manager Scott Servias said. “He’s a great guy to have up in those spots. He doesn’t always come through, nobody always comes through, but you’re going to get a good at-bat. He’s going to get his best swing off, and that’s what he did tonight.”
Seattle starter Luis Castillo had by far his worst outing of the season, giving up three runs on seven hits in five innings — his shortest stint this year. In his previous four starts, the right-hander had allowed just two runs and 11 hits in 24 2/3 innings.
“He’s one of the best pitchers in the game,” St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol said. “Not many teams get seven hits and put up three runs on him, so I thought our guys did a really nice job.”
Matt Brash (2-2) pitched a scoreless seventh, and Paul Sewald earned his sixth save.
Zack Thompson (1-1) took the loss.
The Cardinals’ first two batters singled off Castillo to open the game, and Nolan Arenado drove in the first run with a one-out single.
“It wasn’t one of the outings I normally have throughout the season, but I just kept on battling,” Castillo said.
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