Seattle Mariners at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Seattle Mariners

63-61, 26-35 Away

Final
2 - 7

Pittsburgh Pirates

58-64, 29-31 Home

Kiner-Falefa collects 3 hits as the Pirates beat the sliding Mariners 7-2

Rowdy Tellez and Jared Triolo also connected for the Pirates, who have won the first two games of the three-game series following a 10-game losing streak. Joey Bart added a pair of doubles.

Pittsburgh left-hander Bailey Falter (6-7) matched a career high with eight strikeouts while allowing two runs in 5 2/3 innings. He permitted eight hits and walked none.

“I’m not a guy that punches a lot of tickets, so that’s always nice to see,” Falter said of the strikeouts. “But I’m not really too worried about that. Just want to go out there, put up zeros and get these guys in the dugout as quick as possible.”

It was the fifth consecutive loss for Seattle, which began the day in second place in the AL West.

The Pirates had to hang on in the ninth inning after the Mariners loaded the bases on a walk and two hit batters by Domingo German. David Bednar relieved with a five-run lead and retired three straight batters for his 22nd save.

Kiner-Falefa hit his first home run since he was acquired in a July 30 trade with Toronto, a 406-foot drive off Luis Castillo. It also was the first time the veteran infielder led off the first with a homer.

“I felt like I got it pretty good,” Kiner-Falefa said. “Really good pitcher on the mound, so tried to get under the ball and got it. It felt good to get that out of the way and have a little momentum right there.”

Kiner-Falefa’s eight home runs are a career high for the seven-year veteran.

“Just try to play my game, just try to continue to hit the ball hard and swing at good pitches,” he said. “Felt like I’ve always key-holed myself into being a slap hitter, so trying to get my swing off and help the team and drive in runs.”

Victor Robles hit a tying RBI single for Seattle in the second, but the Pirates went ahead to stay when Tellez connected for a two-run shot in the fourth.

Triolo’s solo homer in the seventh off JT Chargois lifted Pittsburgh to a 5-2 lead.

Castillo (10-12) permitted four runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out six and walked three.

The right-hander had pitched at least six innings in each of his last seven starts.

Robles, Jorge Polanco and Mitch Haniger had two hits apiece for the Mariners. Randy Arozarena struck out in each of his five at-bats.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Mariners: Haniger (quadriceps) was removed from the game after the fourth inning and replaced in right field by Luke Raley.

Pirates: DH Andrew McCutchen (left knee inflammation) was placed on the 10-day injured list, and INF Alika Williams was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis. ... SS Oneil Cruz (left ankle discomfort) was in the lineup as the DH a day after departing in the seventh inning when he was injured running the bases. ... LHP Ryan Borucki (left triceps inflammation) was scheduled to begin a rehab assignment Saturday night with Indianapolis.

The three-game series concludes Sunday with RHP George Kirby (8-9, 3.42 ERA) starting for the Mariners against RHP Jake Woodford (0-4, 5.87). Kirby is the only pitcher in major league history with at least 50 career starts to have more starts (81) than walks (58).

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Matchup Prediction

Pirates: 45.8%

Mariners: 54.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rodríguez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Arozarena struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Robles flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Bednar relieved Germán
	9th Inning	Rivas hit by pitch, Garver to second, Raley to third.
	9th Inning	Garver hit by pitch, Raley to second.

Statistics

SEA		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
3	Hit By Pitch	0
6	Ground Balls	8
14	Strikeouts	9
2	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
22	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
15	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
145	Pitches	145
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	21
39	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
1	Extra Base Hits	6
3.2	Runs Created	6.8
.229	Batting Average	.281
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.257	Slugging Percentage	.656
.086	Secondary Average	.500
.308	On Base Percentage	.343
.565	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.999
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
3.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.7
19.0	Batter Rating	53.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	10.7
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.72	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.14
.029	Isolated Power	.375
0.07	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.026	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
-.143	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.219
4.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
71.0	MLB Rating	96.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0