Mariners rally late to stun Giants 8-7 in 10 innings

SEATTLE (AP) — Jake Fraley walked with the bases loaded in the 10th inning to score Evan White with the winning run, and the Seattle Mariners rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the San Francisco Giants 8-7 on Thursday night.

A wild opening night concluded with a massive comeback by the Mariners, who scored six runs in the eighth inning to take a 7-6 lead, lost it on pinch-hitter Alex Dickerson’s solo homer in the ninth and finally won in extra innings.

San Francisco’s bullpen struggled all night, capped by Jose Alvarez’s inability to throw strikes in the 10th. Alvarez walked Taylor Trammell and Dylan Moore to begin the inning, loading the bases after White started on second base.

Alvarez (0-1) wasn’t close against Fraley, and Seattle celebrated an unlikely victory when the reliever's 3-1 pitch was wide.

Anthony Misiewicz (1-0) pitched the top of the 10th to get the victory, and escaped the inning unscathed after Mitch Haniger made a terrific sliding catch on Buster Posey’s fly ball down the righ- field line to end the inning with Evan Longoria at third base.

Seattle scored six times in the eighth against San Francisco’s shaky bullpen to take a 7-6 lead. Moore had a key two-run double on the first pitch from Tyler Rogers, and Seattle took the lead on first baseman Brandon Belt’s throwing error that allowed two runs to score.

The lead was short-lived. Dickerson led off the ninth pinch-hitting for Austin Slater, who homered earlier in the game. Dickerson fell behind 0-2, but Seattle closer Rafael Montero left a changeup in the middle of the plate and Dickerson lined it out to right-center for San Francisco’s fourth solo home run.

Longoria and Posey both homered in the second off Seattle starter Marco Gonzales, who tied a career high with three...

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