Mike Leake took the mound on Thursday for the Mariners. His last start at Fenway Park featured 8 shutout innings against the Red Sox en route to a 7-2 win. The Mariners faced Baltimore’s Jimmy Yacabonis, who had only thrown 2.1 innings this season, carrying a 15.43 ERA prior to Thursday’s start.
Both offenses were silent until the top of the fourth inning when Nelson Cruz hit a 2-run homer that looked like a routine pop-up. The blast carried 384 feet and took 6.1 seconds to land over the wall in right-center field. However, Seattle’s early 2-0 lead was short lived when Manny Machado and Chris Davis hit a pair of solo home-runs to tie the game at 2.