Narvaez's 10th inning HR lifts Mariners over Sox 2-1

Omar Narvaez loves his former Chicago White Sox teammates. He additionally loves beating them.

The catcher hit a game-ending residence run within the 10th inning and helped Felix Hernandez by way of his greatest outing of the yr to raise the Seattle Mariners over his outdated crew 2-1.

Narvaez spent a couple of minutes within the sixth inning joshing together with his former teammates at second base whereas they waited for a pitching change and so they seemed like children on the diamond, slicing up and hand-slapping. However when it got here time to place them away, he was cold-blooded about it.

“It is a recreation, so we’re nonetheless pals out of the sport,” Narvaez mentioned. “However through the recreation we have nonetheless received a job to do. We’re attempting to do good, they’re nonetheless attempting to good. We’re pals, we’re competing.”

Narvaez’s residence run bounced off the highest of the right-field wall and again into the park the place a White Sox outfielder caught it. The umpires conferred because the Mariners celebrated and confirmed the house run name with out calling New York for an opinion.

Narvaez mentioned he did not watch the replay on the large board: “I didn’t. I did not need to.”

White Sox supervisor Rick Renteria mentioned he didn’t enchantment the decision due to the crew chief overview that concluded it was a house run and clear proof that Narvaez touched residence plate.

“So there was no want for me to waste our time of getting all people again on the market and doing the enchantment,” Renteria mentioned.

Rookie Shed Lengthy additionally hit a solo residence run within the recreation to assist Seattle snap a two-game shedding streak.

Hernandez cruised by way of the primary six innings with little hassle, retiring 10 straight batters within the third by way of sixth innings. The previous Cy Younger winner was extremely environment friendly by way of a lot of the five-hit outing, not throwing greater than 12 pitches in an inning till the seventh.

Abreu led off that inning by threading a single between diving third baseman Kyle Seager and shortstop J.P. Crawford and Yoan Moncada doubled to threaten Hernandez for the primary time.

Two batters later James McCann battled Hernandez for a nine-pitch stroll to load the bases. Hernandez requested to remain within the recreation after a mound go to.

“With youthful pitchers, yeah, (you would possibly pull them),” Mariners supervisor Scott Servais mentioned. “Felix has earned the suitable to remain on the market with all the things he is finished right here. When he is having a recreation like that tonight, it is form of his recreation, and I am completely happy to do it. He definitely earned the suitable to be on the market tonight.”

Hernandez induced a groundball from rookie Zack Collins. The Mariners received McCann at second, however Collins simply beat the double-play throw by a step for a 1-1 tie.

Hernandez received out of the inning by forcing a come out from pinch-hitter Ryan Goins. However the 23-pitch inning ended his night time. He struck out 4 and walked one in what is probably going his penultimate residence begin with the Mariners. His greatest efficiency of the season got here 5 days after his worst when he gave up 11 runs in two-plus innings to the Astros in a 21-1 loss.

“I wanted that one so unhealthy,” Hernandez mentioned. “I felt actually good. I used to be mixing up my pitches, my changeup is again, I had good command of my fastball. That was nearly as good as it has been shortly. . The final two had been unhealthy, so I wanted that one. Particularly right here at residence.”

White Sox pitchers additionally had been efficient. Starter Dylan Stop was finished in by a excessive pitch depend, reaching 106 pitches within the fifth. However he received out of a bases-loaded jam within the fourth inning together with his fifth strikeout and held the Mariners to Lengthy’s residence run on three hits with 5 strikeouts and three walks.

4 relievers mixed to maintain the Mariners off the board till the 10th when Narvaez smashed an 0-1 pitch from Alex Colome (4-4). Matt Magill (5-2) struck out two within the 10th for the win.

Renteria introduced in Colome with the concept he’d get them by way of to the 11th, when the guts of their order was due up.

“All I used to be attempting to do was maintain us there and it did not work,” Renteria mentioned. “(Narvaez) is an efficient hitter. He received a pitch he might deal with and hit it out of the ballpark.”

ICHIRO CELEBRATION

Seattle followers lastly received an opportunity to have fun former participant Ichiro Suzuki on Saturday. The Mariners bestowed the Franchise Achievement Award on the previous American League MVP and rookie of the yr in a ceremony earlier than the sport that was attended by Corridor of Famers and former teammates Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez.

Suzuki, now a particular assistant to Mariners Chairman John Stanton, performed 14 years for the Mariners in two stints. He retired following a two-game sequence towards the Oakland Athletics in Japan in the beginning of this season after 28 years on the high ranges of main league baseball and the Nippon Baseball League.

Suzuki spoke to followers in English, a really uncommon incidence throughout his time within the U.S. He joked that he was nervous in the beginning of his speech and informed followers he was disenchanted he did not get to have fun his closing recreation in Seattle with them.

“Once I got here to Seattle in ’01, no place participant had each come from Japan,” Suzuki informed the gang. “The one you bought was 27, small, skinny and unknown. You had each purpose to not settle for me. Nevertheless, you welcomed me with open arms and by no means stopped, even after I left and got here again.”

UP NEXT

White Sox: RHP Ivan Nova (10-12, 4.69 ERA) takes the mound towards the Mariners within the sequence finale. He’s 6-Three with a 2.61 ERA over his final 10 begins.

Mariners: Promising prospect LHP Justus Sheffield (0-1, 4.43 ERA) continues to search for his first profession win.

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