Seattle Mariners vs Colorado Rockies Match Player Stats On May 29, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 29, 2017

DENVER -- In a season riddled with injuries and disappointment, winning consecutive games had become a challenge for the Seattle Mariners.

It wasn't easy, but that modest achievement became a reality for the first time in nearly two weeks on Monday when the Mariners earned a 6-5 win over the Colorado Rockies.

Seattle was able to savor consecutive wins for the first time since May 17-18. Six runs were the most the Mariners had scored in 12 games since May 16, and they won for just the third time in 10 games.

The Mariners twice saw three-run leads dissolve into one-run advantages. They loaded the bases with one out in the eighth but couldn't add to their lead.

Six Seattle relievers combined to work four scoreless innings in relief of starter Sam Gaviglio (1-1). Edwin Diaz pitched the ninth and picked up his ninth save in 11 opportunities, preserving Gaviglio's first win in the majors.

The Rockies fell to 9-2 in one-run games after starting the season with nine such victories.

Making his fourth start and fifth career appearance, Gaviglio left after yielding singles to DJ LeMahieu and Nolan Arenado to open the sixth. James Pazos' wild pitch moved both runners into scoring position, and they scored on Mark Reynolds' slow roller to second and Gerardo Parra's double to whittle the Mariners' lead to 6-5.

Gaviglio allowed six hits and five runs in five-plus innings. He surrendered solo homers to Charlie Blackmon in the third and Trevor Story in the fifth.

Kyle Seager's bases-loaded, two-run double on a 1-2 pitch finished Rockies starter Tyler Chatwood (4-7) after a season-low-tying 4 1/3 innings. Danny Valencia then greeted Scott Oberg with a run-scoring single that put the Mariners ahead 6-2.

Chatwood gave up a season-high six runs, seven hits and three walks while striking out three.

The Mariners batted around in a third-inning rally that started with consecutive singles by Ben Gamel and Robinson Cano with one out and a walk to Nelson Cruz that loaded the bases for Valencia.

After Blackmon's 13th homer cut Seattle's lead to 3-1, Parra made it 3-2 with a soft opposite-field single to left with two outs in the fourth. The hit scored Carlos Gonzalez, who walked and took second on Reynolds' swinging bunt.

Valencia finished with three hits, while Gamel and Mike Zunino added two hits apiece for Seattle. Parra collected three of Colorado's seven hits.

NOTES: Mariners RHP Felix Hernandez (right shoulder inflammation) is scheduled to throw his second bullpen session Tuesday. ... Mariners OF Nelson Cruz, typically the designated hitter, started in right field for the third time this season in interleague play. ... Rockies rookie starters are 12-3 this month. Colorado joins the 2006 Marlins as the only team in the last 80 years to have 12 combined wins for rookie pitchers in one month.