Rob Refsnyder's Pinch-Hit Blast Completes Mariners Sweep in St. Louis
Rob Refsnyder just delivered one of those moments that makes you jump off the couch. The guy came off the bench in the top of the ninth, challenged a strike call that was bogus, and four pitches later crushed a solo shot into the visitors' bullpen off Cardinals lefty JoJo Romero. That's his second homer wearing a Mariners uniform, and it sent Seattle home with a 3-2 win over St. Louis on Sunday at Busch Stadium. Game over. Series swept.
Grinding Their Way Back to .500
The Mariners are now 14-15 after getting their first road series sweep of the season. Remember where this team started on the road? 1-8. Yeah. So pulling off a clean series win in enemy territory in late April is the kind of thing you build on. They're inching closer to .500 and finally showing they can finish games, even when they're trailing.
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Cal Raleigh kept the Mariners in it with his sixth homer of the season in the fourth inning, giving Seattle an early 1-0 lead. Then things got tight. Nathan Church, the Cardinals rookie left fielder, took Emerson Hancock deep in the sixth to put St. Louis ahead 2-1. Church had been a problem all series, too, hitting his third homer in two games against the M's and robbing Mitch Garver of another one on Saturday.
Cole Young tied it back up in the seventh with a broken-bat bloop single to right that scored Connor Joe from second. Then Refsnyder happened in the ninth. Jose A. Ferrer closed it out clean with a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save with the team.
Hancock Keeps Building
Emerson Hancock continues to show he belongs in this rotation. The right-hander tossed his fourth quality start in six outings to open the season, giving up two runs on two solo homers over six innings. That's the kind of consistency you need if this team is going to stay competitive moving forward.
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