Haase hits 2 HRs, Mize strong into 8th, Tigers drop Mariners

SEATTLE (AP) — Eric Haase hit two home runs, Casey Mize took a two-hit shutout into the eighth inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Seattle Mariners 4-1 on Monday night.

The Tigers, who began the day 12 games under .500, have won six of eight. Seattle's three-game winning streak ended.

Mize (3-3) allowed just three hits and permitted only two runners past first base in a career-high 7 2/3 innings. It was his second straight win and fourth consecutive quality start.

“And all four starts could've been better, so I'm just trying to grow from that," Mize said.

Mize, the 24-year-old centerpiece of Detroit’s rebuild and the overall No. 1 pick in the 2018, struck out seven — that matched his career high, set in his debut last year.

After getting double plays from the defensively suspect Tigers to end the first and second innings, the right-hander retired 15 of 17 batters before Tom Murphy homered to lead off the eighth.

Michael Fulmer earned the save, his third.

Seattle starter Yusei Kikuchi (1-3) struggled early, needing 50 pitches to get out of the second inning. He walked two to load the bases in the first before getting out of the inning with a strikeout.

Haase, a catcher making his first career start in the left field, hit a leadoff homer in the second. And after Kikuchi walked Robbie Grossman with two outs, Jonathan Schoop also homered to make it 3-0.

“Strange ballgame tonight,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “Yusei's been so consistent coming out of the gate. Tonight it took a couple innings to get him going.”

Haase hit another solo homer in the ninth off reliever Brady Lail for a 4-1 lead. It was his first multihomer game.

“I've managed a lot of games here as the visiting manager,” said Hinch, formerly...

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