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 A throwing error by Mariners shortstop Brad Miller with two outs in
the bottom of the ninth inning allowed the game-tying run to score
and forced extra innings. The White Sox then proceeded to win 6-5 in
the 11th on a game-winning single by third baseman Tyler Saladino to
earn a split in the four-game series.
"It's just a bad throw," Seattle manager Lloyd McClendon said. "I
don't know how you can analyze it any other way. It was a throw that
pulled the first baseman off the bag, and if it's a good throw we
win the ballgame."
Saladino, who also drove in a run with a double in the fourth, went
2-for-5 with two RBIs. His single to right in the 11th came off
left-hander David Rollins and scored shortstop Alexei Ramirez
(3-for-5) to end the game.
Chicago right fielder Trayce Thompson went just 1-for-5, but played
a key role in ninth. He singled, stole second and scored the tying
run on Miller's throwing error.
"It's new life," Saladino said. "You see the ground ball hit, it's
right there (and) it's rolling up the middle. At that point you're
thinking, 'Hopefully it's slowing up or something and he can beat it
out.' From the side, you can't really tell where it's going to end
up, but then you see it get thrown away and it's like a little bit
of a momentum shift, I guess."
Left fielder Melky Cabrera went 4-for-5 with a home run and two runs
scored to lead the White Sox (61-68), who overcame deficits of 4-1
and 5-4.
Center fielder Austin Jackson and third baseman Kyle Seager, the
Mariners' first two hitters, did the most damage for Seattle
(61-70). Each finished one hit shy of hitting for the cycle and
combined to go 6-for-12 with two homers, five RBIs and four runs
scored.
Jackson scored three times and finished a double shy of the cycle.
Seager finished a triple short of the cycle and drove in Jackson
twice, with a homer in the first and a two-out single in the eighth
to break a 4-4 tie.
"He had a great game," Seager said of Jackson. "(He hit an opposite
field) homer, got a single in the first ... he was really locked in
today. He's been looking really good."
Left-hander Edgar Olmos started for the Mariners and allowed three
runs in five innings. Left-hander Jose Quintana allowed four runs in
just 4 1/3 innings in his start for the White Sox, who tied a
franchise record with 19 strikeouts in the game (eight by Quintana).
The Mariners jumped out to a lead in the first for the second
straight game on a two-run homer by Seager. Just as he did Saturday,
Seager followed the game's first hit with a long homer to right
field for a 2-0 lead.
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After Chicago manufactured a run in the first, Jackson extended
Seattle's lead to 4-1 with his two-run homer off Quintana in the
second.
The White Sox cut it 4-3 in the fourth with two runs on three hits,
highlighted by Saladino's run-scoring double, but stranded the tying
run on third.
Seattle, which struggled to convert scoring opportunities into runs
the entire series, came up short again in the middle innings. The
Mariners left the bases loaded in the third and fourth, and stranded
two more in the fifth.
That left the door open for Cabrera to tie it 4-4 in the seventh
with a solo homer and helped set the stage for the drama in the
ninth.
"It's crazy how baseball is sometimes," said White Sox center
fielder Adam Eaton (2-for-5). "As long as you have a throw left on
offense or defense, you always have a shot to win or lose. It
definitely came in our favor today."
NOTES: The Mariners optioned LHP Mike Montgomery to Triple-A Tacoma
and recalled RHP Mayckol Guaipe. Montgomery could get up to three
starts there to work on command. He went 4-6 with a 4.60 ERA in 16
starts for the Mariners this season. ... Guaipe, 24, has appeared in
eight games with Seattle during three separate stints, posting an
0-3 record with a 7.50 ERA through 12 innings. ... Seattle SS Ketel
Marte didn't start a day after leaving a game early with a hamstring
issue. He is day-to-day. ... White Sox manager Robin Ventura said
the September roster expansion won't initially affect his starting
rotation. Chicago will start LHP Chris Sale on Tuesday at the
Minnesota Twins, followed by LHP Carlos Rodon on Wednesday and RHP
Jeff Samardzija on Thursday. ... Ventura put OF Trayce Thompson back
in the lineup Sunday because Seattle started LHP Edgar Olmos.
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