White Sox use big 10th inning for 6-3 win over Mariners

The Seattle Mariners (57-67) snapped their 3-game losing streak this afternoon against the Chicago White Sox (58-64) at Safeco Field.

Walker (9-7) got the victory despite allowing five runs on seven hits in 5 2-3 innings.

Cruz’s single also extended his streak to 31 games of reaching base safely – a career best and the longest this season by an American League player.

“I just wanted to give him a breather and get him back to a comfort zone and using the sinker the way he needs to”, McClendon said. Al.Ramirez safe at first on Cano’s error. Danks is 7-6 with a 3.24 ERA in 14 career starts against Seattle and struggles against Austin Jackson (.429, three homers in 49 at-bats) and Robinson Cano (6-for-15, one homer).Walker has recorded one victory and five no-decisions in his last six outings.

Seattle trimmed the lead to 4-3 in the seventh against Sale, who had allowed only Ketel Martel’s leadoff double in the first and a walk to Jesus Sucre in the third.

Adam Eaton singled with one out in the sixth and scored on Tyler Saladino’s double. The Mariners’ bullpen was handed a lead in the seventh inning and didn’t turn it into an adventure or a loss. He hit nine for Arizona prior to being traded on June 3.

Yet Sale even managed to strike out the side in that frame, and the four runs surrendered by Fernando Rodney and fresh call-up Rob Rasmussen sucked the rest of the life out of the crowd. With one out, Walker gave up an RBI double to Saladino and a mammoth two-run homer to Jose Abreu to dead-center.

“We had better results today”, manager Lloyd McClendon said. When he has command of two of his three (main) pitches, it’s good, much less three like (Friday) for the most part.

“I thought I had things figured out”, he said.

The Chicago White Sox and Seattle Mariners play game two Saturday night. Smith came on to open the ninth with a 3-1 lead and gave up a single and walk to the first two batters.

Three days after he had two hits, including a homer, LaRoche repeated his performance. After Melky Cabrera grounded out, Avisail Garcia singled, chasing starter Taijuan Walker.

Robin Ventura was convinced the Chicago White Sox were getting short-changed by the officials and got kicked out of the game when he made his feelings known. The big one was the home run from Cano.

White Sox: RHP Daniel Webb, out since early August with a back strain, began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Charlotte.

LHP Joe Beimel was placed on the 15-day disabled list due to posterior inflammation in his left shoulder.

White Sox: Rookie LHP Carlos Rodon (5-5, 4.42 ERA) is 1-1 with a 1.20 ERA in his last two starts and will be facing the Mariners for the first time. Chicago jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the 2nd inning. He has lost his last four starts, with his ERA climbing from 3.94 at the end of July. Nelson Cruz doubled to open the inning and moved to third when Cano reached on a fielding error by second baseman Sanchez. The Mariners challenged the call, but the ruling was upheld after a review estimated at 2 minutes, 41 seconds.