Mariners unravel in 11th inning, lose 11-3 to Rangers

Rookie left fielder Ryan Strausborger seemed to stumbled on the warning track, dropped Seth Smith’s leadoff fly ball and Tolleson was left to go the rest of the inning with the game dangling by a thread.

Mark Trumbo, Nelson Cruz and Robinson Cano cleared the wall in erasing a two-run deficit against lefty Cole Hamels, the Rangers’ marquee trade-deadline acquisition.

“Good game”, Cruz said.

Texas opened the 11th inning with seven straight hits, the first six off Rob Rasmussen (1-1). Texas’ only two losses in the last nine games came in starts by Hamels (0-1). “I just stuck my hand out instinctively”, said Uehara, who was taken for X-rays at the ballpark which came back negative.

“From the third inning on”, Iwakuma said, “I felt they were more aggressive early in the count”.

In Anaheim, Mike Trout homered on his birthday for the third time in his career, and Chris Iannetta delivered a go-ahead, two-run double in Los Angeles’ victory over Baltimore.

“You’ve been out there a long time and a guy gets you out of a jam like that and gives you another chance, you just want to capitalize on it”, Hamilton said. “They walk the bases loaded and get away with it. That’s the way it goes”. The Rangers also snapped a five-game losing streak against the Mariners.

David Rollins pitched two scoreless innings before Mayckol Guaipe and Fernando Rodney each followed with a scoreless inning. Seattle (51-59) has won four of five.

“It would have been bases loaded, no outs in that situation and we had Iwakuma on the ropes”, Banister said. “I’m very disappointed”.

The Mariners tied it 3-all in the bottom half. Cruz led off with a double, extending his hitting streak to 18 games – and eight games with an extra-base hit. Shortstop Brad Miller tied the score with a two-out infield single. He gave up three runs and six hits with no walks and six strikeouts.

Before the game, the Rangers reacquired first baseman Mike Napoli from the Red Sox for a player to be named or cash. Napoli was 0 for 2 with a walk before being replaced by pinch-hitter Mitch Moreland in the eighth. Texas center fielder Delino DeShields welcomed Beimel with a two-run single as the lead swelled to 9-3.

Gimenez kept running. Montero threw to the plate, but umpire Dan Iassogna ruled Gimenez eluded the tag by catcher Jesus Sucre.

Mariners OF Franklin Gutierrez has the flu, McClendon said. 500 as they began the final third of the season and inched them within 4.5 games of AL West-leading Houston.

The right-hander needed 52 pitches to get through the first two innings.

Former Seattle Mariners pitcher Jamie Moyer gives a speech as he is inducted into the Mariners Hall of Fame on Saturday, August 8, 2015, in Seattle. Only Cleveland and Seattle have fewer home wins than the Rangers, who are 23-29 at Globe Life Park.

He struggled mightily out of the gates, and Seattle fell so far back in the race that he ended up being the only veteran the Mariners added before going into yard-sale mode in July. Felix Hernandez (13-6) will try to win the series for the Mariners against Texas, which counters with Colby Lewis (12-4), in a 1:10 p.m. game Sunday. In 44 career starts against Texas, he is 14-21 with a 3.92 ERA.