Mariners rally past Oakland with two-run homer by Chris Hermann in the 11th inning. The 10-8 victory gave Houston the AL West division title.
Hours after the shortest start of Mariners starter Mike Leake’s nine-season, big-league career, Seattle finished off one of its most exciting wins of the year.
Leake was out after 1 1/3 innings, but the Mariners kept battling, finally catching the A’s with two outs in the ninth inning, tying the score at 8 on Kyle Seager’s pinch-hit single.
Then, in the 11th inning, Chris Herrmann hit a two-run homer, giving the Mariners a 10-8 win Tuesday night, sending the few thousand remaining fans at Safeco Field home happy.