Mariners rally from 10-run deficit to beat Padres
SAN DIEGO -- The Seattle Mariners rallied from a 10-run deficit after five innings Thursday night to defeat the Padres 16-13 at in the highest scoring game in the history of Petco Park.
The Mariners scored 14 runs over two innings -- five in the sixth and nine in the seventh -- after falling behind 12-2 when the Padres scored seven runs in the bottom of the fifth.
Seattle sent 13 hitters to the plate against three Padres relievers in the decisive seventh inning getting the nine runs on eight hits, a walk and a hit batter. The Mariners had seven straight singles after two out.
Pinch-hitter Stefan Romero tied the game with a single. Shawn O'Malley followed with a go-ahead single and Norichika Aoki singled to make it 14-12. After Aoki had an uncontested steal of second, pinch-hitter Franklin Gutierrez hit a two-run single in his second at-bat of the inning to make it 16-12.
Kyle Seager and Dae-Ho Lee each had four RBIs for the Mariners.
Seager drove in the Mariners first run with a single in the first, had a two-run double off Padres starter Colin Rea immediately in front of Lee's three-run pinch-hit homer off left-handed reliever Brad Hand in the sixth. Both Seager and Lee had RBI singles in the seventh at the start of Seattle's run of seven straight hits.
Padres starter Rea, who was recalled from Triple-A El Paso earlier Thursday, allowed six runs (five earned) in 5 1/3 innings. He departed with one out in the sixth with the Padres leading 12-4.
Relievers Hand, Ryan Buchter, Brandon Maurer and Matt Thornton combined to give up 10 runs on nine hits in 1 2/3 innings.
Right-handed reliever Cody Martin (1-0), who was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma earlier in the day, pitched a scoreless sixth to pick up the win for the Mariners. Right-handed closer Steve Cishek picked up his 13th save.
Maurer, who has allowed 13 runs on 14 hits over 7 2/3 innings in his past nine appearances, took the loss to fall to 0-2. Maurer allowed three runs on three hits without retiring a Mariner in the seventh.
Jon Jay had a career-high five hits and the Padres scored in double figures in back-to-back games for the first time in Petco Park history while out-hitting Seattle 20-16. The 20 hits ties the Padres single-game record for the most hits at Petco Park.
The Padres won Wednesday's series opener 14-6, giving them 27 runs on 39 hits in two games after entering June ranked last in the Major Leagues with a .226 team batting average.
Jay, Wil Myers, Melvin Upton Jr. and Adam Rosales all drove in two runs apiece for the Padres.
Jay, who had four hits Wednesday night, became only the fourth Padre to have four or more hits in back-to-back games.
Seattle starter Wade Miley gave up nine runs on 12 hits in 4 2/3 innings. Reliever Mike Montgomery allowed three runs on four hits in one-third of an inning.
NOTES -- The Padres returned RHP Leonel Campos (1-0, 7.94 ERA in four appearances) to Triple-A El Paso on Thursday while recalling Colin Rea from the Chihuahuas. ... El Paso released RHP Jeremy Guthrie (3-5, 6.80 ERA in 11 starts). ... Seattle designated LHP Joel Peralta (1-0, 5.40 ERA in 26 appearances) for assignment Thursday and recalled RHP Cody Martin from Triple-A Tacoma to be the long man in the Mariners bullpen.