George Kirby Eugenio Suarez lead Mariner

George Kirby, Eugenio Suarez lead Mariners past Rangers, 3-1 September 29 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink SEATTLE (AP) George Kirby allowed one run over six innings, Eugenio Suarez had three hits and an RBI and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 3-1 on Wednesday night.Trying to secure a playoff spot for the first time since 2001, Seattle rebounded after dropping the series opener Tuesday night.The Mariners got a boost in the playoff picture when every other team in the American League wild-card race lost. Baltimore dropped 4 1/2 games behind the Dexter Lawrence Jersey Mariners for the final wild-card spot. The Mariners are a half-game behind Tampa Bay and two back of Toronto for the top wild card.Kirby (8-4) was coming off his worst start of the season, when he gave up five earned runs in 2 1/3 innings against Oakland. He returned to form against Texas, allowing just one run on five hits with four strikeouts and a Kyle Lauletta Jersey walk. Kirby extended his franchise record to 14 starts without allowing a home run, the longest such streak in the majors this year.Josh Jung had an RBI single in the first inning for Texas' lone run. Jung has driven in all six of Texas runs in the first two games of the series.The Mariners scored twice in the bottom of the inning on an RBI double by Suarez and a sacrifice fly from Mitch Haniger.Seattle loaded the bases with no outs in the third, but was only able to push acro s one run on a ground out by Carlos Santana. It was still enough, as Kirby and the bullpen kept the Rangers scorele s after the opening inning.Seattle relievers Eric Swanson, Andres Munoz and Paul Sewald each pitched a perfect inning to close out the game, with Sewald picking up his 20th save. TRAINERS ROOMRangers: SS Corey Seager was out of the lineup after getting hit on the forearm with a pitch late in Texas victory on Tuesday night. The Rangers said it was just a contusion and Seager was day-to-day. Josh H. Smith got the start at shortstop with Seager out.MARINERS: OF Julio Rodriguez could start resuming some baseball activity on Thursday and definitely by Friday, manager Scott Servais said. Rodriguez has been out with a lower back strain but the goal is to have him Jon Halapio Jersey activated off the injured list when hes eligible next Monday.UP NEXTRangers: RHP Jon Gray (7-7, 3.64 ERA) starts the final game of the series. Gray is 0-2 with a 6.35 ERA in two starts against Seattle this season.Mariners: LHP Marco Gonzales (10-15, 4.05) has lost his last three decisions. In his last outing he allowed four runs on eight hits in a lo s to Kansas City.___More AP MLB coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports in this topic American League Major League Baseball Eugenio Surez Seattle Mariners George Kirby Marco Gonzales Eugenio Surez Jon Gray Corey Seager Andrs Jabrill Peppers Jersey Muoz Paul Sewald Mitch Haniger Seattle Mariners Texas Rangers share Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 12 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Los Angeles after Giroux's 2-goal game The Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' 5-2 win 48 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Kapanen's hat trick The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Kasperi Kapanen Sterling Shepard Jersey 's hat trick against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins' 6-2 win 49 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ducks bring losing streak into game against the Hurricanes The Anaheim Ducks aim to end their six-game losing streak when they play the Carolina Hurricanes 50 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Blackhawks face the Metropolitan Division-leading Devils The Chicago Blackhawks face the top-ranked team in the Metropolitan Division, the New Jersey Devils 50 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS