SEATTLE (AP) — Logan Gilbert struck out nine and gave up two hits over eight innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 5-0 on Sunday to sweep the series. Rookie Tyler Locklear hit a solo home run to help back Gilbert (4-4) and help Seattle improve to 12 games over .500.
The Mariners have won seven of eight games and nine straight home series. Mitch Haniger and Luke Raley hit back-to-back doubles off starter Dane Dunning (4-6) in the fourth to put the Mariners up 1-0. And Josh Rojas made it 2-0 after doubling with two outs in the fifth and scoring from second on Dunning’s wild pitch that skipped short of the plate and under catcher Andrew Knizner’s glove.
Rojas took third as the ball bounced off the backstop and skipped toward the Mariners’ dugout, then raced home and slipped under Dunning’s tag at home plate to make it 2-0. Locklear’s seventh-inning shot to left was his second since joining the team as a replacement for regular first baseman Ty France. Dunning pitched 4 2/3 innings, giving up two earned runs and four hits.
He struck out eight and walked three. ORIOLES 8, PHILLIES 3 BALTIMORE (AP) — Gunnar Henderson hit his eighth leadoff homer of the season, and three more teammates also went deep off Zack Wheeler to help Baltimore beat Philadelphia. The pitching matchup between Wheeler (8-4) and Corbin Burnes (8-2) didn’t live up to expectations, but it was still an eventful series finale before a third straight sellout crowd at Camden Yards.
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