Kyle Seager rescued the Mariners with a walk-off double Tuesday night that produced a 5-4 victory over Detroit in 10 innings.
Seager’s double in a left-on-left matchup against reliever Justin Wilson easily scored pinch-runner Tyler Smith from second base.
It came after Dan Altavilla threw away a two-run lead in the eighth inning, and after the Mariners squandered scoring chances in the eighth and ninth innings. In other words, this is a game that would have stung it it had slipped away.
Seager’s double turned those late stumbles into footnotes.
It also overshadowed an impressive bounce-back effort from lefty Ariel Miranda, who was in line for a victory before Altavilla let the Tigers back into the game.