Mariners go bonkers for unbelievable comeback from 10 runs down

Paxton will replace Hernandez in the rotation and start Wednesday night’s game against the San Diego Padres in Petco Park.

Buried in a 12-2 hole after five innings, Seattle rallied for five runs in the fifth inning and nine more in the sixth and shocked the Padres 16-13 for the greatest comeback win in franchise history.

The win continues an fantastic season for Seattle, who are now 31-22, tied with the Texas Rangers atop the National League West.

Friedrich (2-1) allowed four runs, three earned, and nine hits in five innings.

Mariners LHP Wade Miley (5-2, 4.95 ERA) is scheduled to start Thursday night in the final game of the split, four-game series.

Shawn O’Malley recorded the go-ahead hit. Then LF Nori Aoki reached on an infield single. The Mariners then turned to Joel Peralta, whose struggles continued when he gave up four more runs in 1 1/3 innings. Instead they ripped off seven straight two-out hits to push across the nine runs. The Mariners have scored 31 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in 10 of their last 12 games.

“I don’t think I’ve ever been a part of anything like that”, said Kyle Seager, who had three hits and drove in five runs. “It was incredible. The guys coming off the bench did an unbelievable job”. Cano’s streak is the longest such active streak in Major League Baseball and ties his career high (2x; last: September 7, 2015-April 10, 2016). According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, Seattle is favored on the road tonight, as the Mariners are getting odds of -130 to win. He won’t though, at least according to the schedule for the Padres who have Shields tapped to start again on Sunday at home against the Colorado Rockies.

The manager said he hoped King Felix would miss only a few starts.

Mariners bench players combined to go 6-for-9 with 5 R, HR, 8 RBI, BB. Vargas has been on the disabled list since May 29. “I can’t say enough about our guys”. The Mariners will play host to the Rangers for four games at Safeco Field the following weekend.

Blowing a 10-run lead? Myers homered to right with one out, his eighth. Gutierrez has hit safely in nine consecutive contests. The Mariners increased their MLB-leading homer total to 80. Three straight singles to start the second scored another run to make it 7-3, but he was able to escape the inning without further damage and he worked a scoreless third inning despite a double and an error by Luis Sardinas. Jay doubled and had four singles. So I doubt Thursday night’s 16-13 loss by the Padres is going to help change his opinion all that much.

Brewers 4, Phillies 1: Chris Carter and Jonathan Villar homered, Chase Anderson pitched effectively into the sixth inning and Milwaukee beat reeling Philadelphia. Four of those seven hits came in two-strike counts too.

In 26 career games at CBP, Braun has hit.411 with 10 home runs and 28 RBIs.

Maurer (0-2) gave up three runs while failing to get an out in the seventh. The Mariners loaded the bases with two outs but still hadn’t scored.