One night earlier the Seattle Mariners were as lifeless as they’ve been at any point in this second-half crater out of the playoff chase with two hits in a shutout loss.
So they jumped to a nine-run lead, added three more in the bottom of the eighth inning and rode the combined seven hits from Robinson Cano and Cameron Maybin to a 12-6 win over the Texas Rangers on Friday night at Safeco Field.
Cano went 4-for-5 with a double to tie him with Lou Gehrig at 40th on MLB’s career doubles leaderboard. Maybin had his best day as a Mariner with a 3-for-5 night with four RBI.