Mariners win 3-2, hand Rangers 11th straight road loss

SEATTLE (AP) — J.P. Crawford and Mitch Haniger homered late, and the Seattle Mariners sent the Texas Rangers to their 11th straight road loss with a 3-2 victory Saturday night.

The Rangers managed four hits in their fifth consecutive defeat overall. They matched the second-longest road skid in team history, an 11-game stretch in April and May 1982. Texas dropped 12 in a row away from home in May and June 2003.

“I think overall a lot of guys are struggling now on offense," Rangers manager Chris Woodward said. “It's unfortunate. I think it gets contagious.”

Crawford hit a solo homer in the seventh inning to break a 1-all tie and Haniger added his 14th of the season in the eighth. The long balls gave the Mariners their season-high third straight victory and their major league-leading 12th one-run win.

Seattle is 12-5 in one-run games, including Friday’s 3-2 victory over Texas.

“That's cool,” Crawford said. “I didn't know that.”

Of his homer, he said: “I was just trying to get a little spark for my team in that inning.”

José Godoy singled home Kyle Lewis in the second for Seattle's first run.

Mariners starter Justin Dunn struck out eight and pitched one-hit ball through 5 2/3 innings to stretch his AL-leading streak of games with three or fewer runs allowed to 15. But he was pulled after allowing his second hit, again failing to make it through the sixth.

Daniel Zamora (1-0) earned his first win since 2018 in his first appearance since being claimed off waivers from the New York Mets on May 22.

“I haven’t pitched a big league game since 2019,” Zamora said after getting four outs. “There was a lot of adrenaline going through me. I think that was part of it all, too.”

He combined with Paul Sewald and Rafael Montero to allow...

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