Mariners rally to complete sweep of Reds
CINCINNATI -- Leonys Martin had four hits and scored a run batting leadoff in place of injured shortstop Ketel Marte to help the Seattle Mariners rally for a 5-4 victory and complete the sweep of the Cincinnati Reds in the finale of a three-game interleague series on Sunday afternoon at Great American Ball Park.
Mariners starter Wade Miley got roughed up in the first inning, allowing three runs and three hits including a two-run double by Brandon Phillips as the Reds went ahead 3-0. Miley also hit a batter.
Seattle got a couple runs back in the third on Cano's RBI hit and an RBI grounder by Cruz to cut the Mariners' deficit to one.
Duvall crushed an 0-1 pitch from Miley for his eighth homer making the score 4-2 in the fourth. The solo blast was estimated at 457 feet to left center, making it the longest homer hit by a Reds batter this season.
Miley (5-2) was charged with four earned runs and eight hits with a walk and six strikeouts in six innings.
Seattle (26-17) broke through against Simon in the fifth, though.
RBI hits by Kyle Seager and Steve Clevenger and a sacrifice fly from Cano put the Mariners ahead 5-4.
Duvall prevented a sixth run when he threw out Seager at home trying to score on Clevenger's hit.
Simon (1-5) allowed five earned runs on nine hits in five innings raising his ERA to 10.16.
Cincinnati's struggling bullpen pitched well for the second straight day, extending its scoreless streak to seven innings.
Dayan Diaz made his major league debut and pitched a scoreless sixth. Blake Wood then tossed two scoreless frames. Lefty Tony Cingrani got out of a first-and-third jam in the ninth to keep Cincinnati (15-29) within a run.
But, Steve Cishek nailed down his 12th save with a scoreless ninth.
NOTES: Mariners SS Ketel Marte was placed on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with a sprained left thumb and recalled SS Chris Taylor from Triple-A Tacoma. Chris O'Malley started at shortstop on Sunday. ... Following Saturday's game, the Reds optioned RHPs Jumbo Diaz and Keyvius Sampson to Triple-A Louisville and designated for assignment RHP Steve Delebar. ... On Sunday, Cincinnati selected the contracts of RHPs Dayan Diaz, A.J. Morris and Josh Smith from Triple-A Louisville and transferred RHP Anthony DeSclafani and OF Yorman Rodriguez to the 60-day DL. ... Cincinnati 3B Eugenio Suarez struck out 10 times in the series, most ever for a Reds batter in a three-game series.