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Gavin Sheets and Andrew Benintendi homered for
the White Sox, who have lost five of six.
Mariners reliever Matt Brash (4-3) earned the victory, and Paul
Sewald pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning with two strikeouts for his
13th save.
With the score tied at 2-2, Hernandez led off the bottom of the
seventh by launching a fastball from White Sox reliever Tanner
Banks (0-1) over the fence in straightaway center field. After a
slow start this season, his first with the Mariners since being
acquired from Toronto, Hernandez is batting .364 in June with
three homers and 10 RBIs in 12 games.
Mariners rookie right-hander Bryan Woo, making just his third
major league start, allowed two runs on three hits in 5 2/3
innings. He didn't walk a batter and struck out nine.
Woo retired the first nine batters he faced before Tim Anderson
led off the fourth with an infield single.
With one out in the top of the fifth, Sheets broke a scoreless
tie by lining a sinker just over the fence in right-center
field.
The Mariners tied the score in the bottom of the inning as Julio
Rodriguez led off with a double to left and, an out later,
Hernandez also doubled to left.
Benintendi went deep with two outs in the top of the sixth,
hitting a fastball just over the wall in right-center. It was
Benintendi's first home run of the season.
The Mariners again responded in the bottom of the inning as J.P.
Crawford hit a one-out double to right. After Rodriguez popped
out to first base, France grounded an RBI single to left to make
it 2-2.
White Sox starter Michael Kopech got into and out of trouble
throughout his 4 1/3 innings, allowing six hits and six walks.
The right-hander allowed only one run, however.
--Field Level Media
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