Mariners win on another wild pitch again against A's

SEATTLE (AP) — Struggling rookie Jarred Kelenic scored the winning run on Lou Trivino’s wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth, Mitch Haniger homered twice and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 on Saturday night.

It was the second game in a row Seattle has won on a wild pitch after Dylan Moore scored from second on Friday night on two consecutive wild pitches to give the Mariners a 4-3 win. They are a major league-best 22-8 in one-run games this season and have won eight of their last 12.

“We always find a way to string together hits and walks and that's been our theme all year,” Haniger said.

Trivino (3-4) gave up a single to Luis Torrens to start the ninth. Torrens, a catcher, exited for pinch-runner Donovan Walton. Trivino walked two of the next three batters to load the bases. After the A's caught Walton for a force out at home for the second out, Trivino bounced a breaking ball in the dirt, well away from the plate, to score Kelenic.

Mariners manager Scott Servais felt Haniger's presence at the plate caused Trivino's mental lapse.

“He just overcooked it, and we'll take it,” Servais said.

Kendall Graveman (3-0) pitched the ninth for the win and the Mariners bullpen continued its strong run, pitching 6 1/3 innings, giving up just one run one hit.

Haniger staked the Mariners to a 4-3 lead in the fifth with his third multi-homer game of the season. He’s one of six players in baseball with 10 or more games with multiple extra-base hits.

He doubled off the left-center wall in the first and hit a solo homer to the same spot in the third. Ramon Laureano pounded his glove into the top of the wall after having a fan who was out of play pull the ball out of his mitt.

“He was pretty close to catching that,” Haniger said.

Haniger added his 25th homer in the...

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