Seattle sweep: France 11th-inning HR as M's win 9-8 at Texas

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ty France hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning and the Seattle Mariners completed a three-game series sweep with a 9-8 win over Texas on Thursday, after the Rangers forced extra innings with five runs in the ninth.

France went deep off Joe Barlow (0-1), who would have given up another homer if not for a spectacular inning-ending leaping catch by All-Star rookie outfielder Adolis Garcia, who had his glove extended over the wall in the awkward cutout fronting the Texas bullpen in right-center to rob Jake Fraley.

Joe Smith (2-1) walked a batter but benefited from an unusual double play when pitching a scoreless 10th. Paul Sewald worked the 11th for his sixth save in eight chances, though he gave up an RBI single to Brock Holt with two outs.

Mitch Haniger hit his 27th homer for the Mariners (66-56), who won for the seventh time in eight games and are 10 games over .500 for the first time since being 13-3 at the start of the 2019 season.

The big Texas ninth was capped by Jason Martin's three-run homer with two outs off closer Diego Castillo, who suffered his fifth blown save in 20 chances. The Rangers opened the ninth with three consecutive hits off Anthony Misiewicz, who was gone after Jonah Heim's RBI double. Castillo then struck out two, but also walked a batter on a wild pitch that scored a run before Martin pulled his fourth homer into the right field seats.

Before that big outburst, the Rangers had scored only six runs total in their previous 44 innings against Seattle, including four consecutive losses in which they scored exactly one run.

The Mariners intentionally walked Isiah Kiner-Falefa to start the 10th before Garcia, who had already homered, hit what looked like a routine double-play grounder to third baseman Kyle Seager. The...

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