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- Updated: April 27, 2016
SEATTLE — Nathan Karns delivered his best outing in a Mariners uniform and Robinson Cano had a night to remember in more ways than one. The result was an 11-1 victory for Seattle over Houston and reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel on Tuesday night at a chilly Safeco Field.
Karns put up zeros for seven innings, giving up only two hits to the Astros, and Cano got the 999th and 1,000th RBIs of his career in the fifth inning and then added four more in the seventh on a grand slam.
Keuchel and Karns looked good at the beginning of the game, with neither surrendering a hit until Chris Iannetta’s leadoff double in the bottom of the third. But Seattle got on the board first in the fourth, when Ketel Marte led off with a two-base hit of his own and scored two batters later on a Nelson Cruz single.
The Mariners poured it on in a four-run fifth inning that effectively put the game away. They loaded the bases before Marte singled in a run with two out. Then Cano flared a single to left for his two milestone RBIs before inducing a throw home while in a rundown. Houston first baseman Tyler White’s throw was offline and allowed Norichika Aoki to score to make it 5-0.
Cano added RBIs 1,001-1,004 in the seventh …
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