Leo Rivas hit a single to end the game, driving in Dylan Moore in the bottom of the 10th inning, and the Seattle Mariners came back late to win 6-5 against the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.
The first game with new manager Dan Wilson was exciting, even though the Mariners didn’t start hitting well until the eighth inning. Seattle scored four runs in the eighth to tie the game at 5-5, and then Rivas delivered the winning hit in the 10th inning.
“Just seeing the way these guys fought was, it was inspiring tonight for me to see how hard they worked to come back into that game, string all those hits together. It left with a good feeling,” Wilson said.
Pinch-runner Moore stole third base with one out, and Rivas hit a 2-2 pitch from Erik Miller (3-5) into center field, sparking a celebration as Seattle won for just the second time in their last 10 games.
“I was trying to do the same thing that I try and do in every at-bat, make contact, try and do my thing for the team,” Rivas said. “Thank God (Moore) got the base, different situation, same approach. Thank God it happened.”
Luke Raley homered for Seattle, but it was the big rally in the eighth inning that gave the Mariners a chance. Seattle had nine batters up in the inning and scored four runs on six consecutive singles off San Francisco reliever Tyler Rogers.
Justin Turner, Josh Rojas, Rivas, and Raley all had RBI singles that helped tie the game at 5-5.
The four earned runs Rogers allowed were the most he’s given up since allowing seven runs to the Mets in May 2022.
“Felt like we had it in our hands,” Giants manager Bob Melvin said. “We had our two best pitchers coming into the game in the eighth and ninth. Got away from Tyler a little bit.”
Julio Rodríguez made a great sliding catch to take away a hit from Tyler Fitzgerald at the start of the top of the 10th, and Collin Snider (3-2) struck out Heliot Ramos and Michael Conforto to keep the game tied. Rodríguez played his first game in the field since injuring his ankle in mid-July.
