Heim's second 2-run HR in 10th lifts Rangers over Mariners

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Switch-hitting Jonah Heim hit his second two-run homer of the game in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Texas Rangers a 5-4 win over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night.

Heim, who homered from both sides of the plate, launched his left-handed shot in the 10th off Diego Castillo (2-5), who was acquired Thursday from Tampa Bay and hadn’t given up a run in his previous 11 outings.

“I asked (Rangers manager Chris Woodward) if I should bunt or hit a homer,” said Heim, a 25-year-old rookie acquired from Oakland in February for veteran shortstop Elvis Andrus. “He said he wouldn’t be mad if I hit a homer.”

Spencer Patton (1-1) earned the win after giving up the tying run in the ninth inning and the then-go-ahead run in the 10th.

J.P. Crawford singled to score Tom Murphy from second in the 10th in Texas’ first save situation after closer Ian Kennedy was traded to Philadelphia in a multi-player deal on Friday afternoon. Ty France led off the Mariners’ ninth with a homer.

Heim led off for Texas in the 10th with Andy Ibanez on second. It was Heim’s first walk-off homer and first multi-homer game in the major leagues. He also homered in Friday’s 8-5 loss to the M’s.

“Made a mistake — one pitch got us,” said manager Scott Servais, whose Mariners lost for only the second time in 12 extra-inning games. “That happens.”

Seattle remained 2½ games behind Oakland for the American League’s second wild-card berth.

Heim hit a homer from the right side in the fifth inning off Tyler Anderson to tie the score 2-2. Nathaniel Lowe gave Texas a 3-2 lead in the sixth with an opposite-field single to left off Anderson, scoring Adolis Garcia, who doubled with a shot that struck the left-field chalk behind third...

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