Seattle Mariners vs Washington Nationals Match Player Stats On May 25, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 25, 2017

WASHINGTON -- Nelson Cruz hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the sixth inning and Robinson Cano was 2-for-4 with an RBI as the Seattle Mariners beat the first-place Washington Nationals 4-2 on Thursday, preventing a sweep of the three-game interleague series.

It was the first win in nine tries for the Mariners in the nation's capital. The last-place Mariners, who had lost five in a row, were swept in three-game sets in Washington in 2005 and 2011.

Anthony Rendon hit a solo homer to lead off the last of the fifth to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead. It was the first hit off Seattle starter Ariel Miranda (4-2), who gave up two runs in five innings. Rendon (two hits) has homered in three straight games and had four homers in the series.

Later in the inning Jayson Werth made it 2-0 with an RBI single with two outs to score Jose Lobaton, who had doubled with one out.

But Cruz hit a three-run homer off reliever Jacob Turner (2-3), making his first appearance since May 17, to give Seattle a 3-2 lead in the sixth. That came two batters after Seattle manager Scott Servais was ejected by home plate umpire Adam Hamari after Guillermo Heredia struck out.

Cano had an RBI single off reliever Matt Grace to build the Seattle lead to 4-2 in the seventh.

The Seattle bullpen of Tony Zych, James Pazos, Nick Vincent, Marc Rzepczynski and Edwin Diaz did not allow a run in four innings. Diaz pitched the ninth for his eighth save and got the last out with a runner on base.

Washington starter Gio Gonzalez gave up three hits and two runs with four walks and eight strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. Jean Segura was 2-for-4 for Seattle.

NOTES: Seattle RHP Yovani Gallardo (2-4, 5.84 ERA) is slated to face Red Sox LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (3-1, 3.10 ERA) on Friday in Boston ... Washington RHP Max Scherzer (4-3, 3.02 ERA) is scheduled to oppose San Diego RHP Luis Perdomo (0-1, 5.79 ERA) in the series opener Friday in Washington. Nationals manager Dusty Baker is slated to miss the three-game series in order to attend the high school graduation of his son, Darren, in California. Bench coach Chris Speier will fill in for Baker ... Seattle third-base coach Manny Acta was the Washington manager from 2007-09 ... Washington has not been involved in a shutout this season. The Nationals have limited opponents to one run in five games.