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09/06 23:13 CDT Dylan Moore's HR, Bryce Miller's 6 scoreless innings carry
Mariners past Cardinals 6-1
Dylan Moore's HR, Bryce Miller's 6 scoreless innings carry Mariners past
Cardinals 6-1
By DAVID SOLOMON
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) --- Dylan Moore homered and Bryce Miller pitched six scoreless
innings as the Seattle Mariners extended their winning streak to three games
with a 6-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.
Miller (11-8) allowed three hits and two walks and struck out four batters. The
26-year-old right-hander leads the American League with nine starts of at least
six innings without allowing an earned run.
"He's just so calm and collected out there," Mariners manager Dan Wilson said.
"He just continues to throw up zeroes, and I thought he had good stuff again
tonight, a good breaking ball, from time to time it really was outstanding. He
just continues to do what we preach, and that's control the strike zone,
dominate the zone and stay ahead of the hitters. When he can do that and has
good defense behind him like he has been, he's really really difficult."
Jordan Walker hit his second homer of the season off Troy Taylor in the seventh
inning for the Cardinals' run.
Cal Raleigh hit a two-run double in Seattle's three-run ninth inning, giving
him 89 RBIs this season. Raleigh holds the Mariners' single-season record for
RBIs by a catcher after passing Wilson's previous mark of 83 on Tuesday at
Oakland.
"Getting three runs in the ninth, that's big," Wilson said. "It takes a lot of
pressure off our pitching staff. That's all huge, and it all adds up. It's the
little things. We've talked about that a lot. We've played a lot of close
games, so little things make a big difference, and adding on late is huge."
With J.P. Crawford on base, Moore hit his 10th home run of the season on the
first pitch he saw from Matthew Liberatore in the sixth inning, giving Seattle
a 3-0 lead.
"I think all together, as a group, we simplified a bunch of stuff," Crawford
said. "I feel like everyone's going into each at-bat just relaxed and calm and
ready to damage. We all have a plan, and these last couple games, the plan's
been simple. I think everyone's bought into that, and the last couple of games,
the offense has been really good."
Victor Robles was hit by a pitch in the fifth inning and scored on Randy
Arozarena's sacrifice fly to center, giving Seattle a 1-0 lead and ending
Cardinals starter Erick Fedde's night.
Fedde (8-9) allowed one run on five hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings. The
31-year-old righty is 1-5 with a 4.30 ERA in nine starts since being acquired
by the Cardinals on July 30.
"He wasn't as sharp as he probably would have liked," Cardinals manager Oliver
Marmol said. "He still competed extremely well. He pitched with traffic, but
made pitches when needed and limited damage. His stuff wasn't as crisp as we've
seen it in the past, but still was able to navigate the lineup and give us a
shot."
Julio Rodrguez singled and was initially called out trying to steal second
base with two outs. Wilson challenged the call and it was overturned. Rodrguez
stole his 21st base of the season as Cardinals second baseman Brendan Donovan
was late applying the tag on Pedro Pags' throw that beat the runner to the bag.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Cardinals: RHP Lance Lynn (right knee inflammation) is scheduled to start on
Wednesday versus Cincinnati. LHP Steven Matz, who started Tuesday in Milwaukee,
will likely be available out of the bullpen starting Sunday. ... 3B Nolan
Arenado was pulled for pinch-hitter Matt Carpenter in the bottom of the ninth
inning.
"He took that one swing early," Marmol said. "Something grabbed at him. Left
shoulder, he was starting to feel it a little bit as the game went on. He went
out for defense, came in around the seventh and got some work done on it. But
to take another at-bat was going to be difficult regardless of score."
UP NEXT
Seattle RHP Logan Gilbert (7-10, 3.19 ERA) will make his first career
appearance against St. Louis, which starts RHP Kyle Gibson (8-6, 4.39 ERA)
Saturday night.
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