Mariners 4, Rangers 3
Jack Cust delivered the tiebreaking single in the bottom of the eighth inning to help the Seattle Mariners to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Texas Rangers on Tuesday.
Justin Smoak singled home the tying run earlier in the eighth and Brandon League struck out two in the ninth to register his eighth save as Seattle won for the sixth time in seven games.
Cust’s single to center scored Miguel Olivo as the Mariners moved within two games of first in the American League West. Texas and the Los Angeles Angels share the lead.
Texas took a 3-2 lead in the top of the eighth when Julio Borbon singled against David Pauley (1-0), was sacrificed to second, stole third and scored on a suicide-squeeze bunt single by Elvis Andrus.
Smoak went 3-for-4 and had a run-scoring double in the third to make it 1-1.
Reliever Pedro Strop (0-1) allowed three runs in one-plus inning of relief for Texas.
Mariners starter Erik Bedard gave up two runs and two hits in seven innings, while Rangers starter Alexi Ogando gave up one run and five hits in six innings.