Situation called for 4-out save from Cishek

SEATTLE — When Mariners manager Scott Servais went to Steve Cishek for a four-out save in Tuesday’s 6-4 victory over the Rays, it wasn’t an easy choice. By using Cishek for his second multi-inning outing in four days, he likely took away his closer’s availability for Wednesday’s series finale.

Cishek wound up throwing 32 pitches to get his 11th save. He threw 35 pitches on Saturday in Houston when he blew his first save of the year, but came back to get the win after Robinson Cano hit a go-ahead homer in the top of the 10th.

For perspective, the sidewinding 29-year-old hadn’t thrown more than 34 pitches in an outing since he was the Marlins’ closer in 2013, when he threw 39 in a two-inning loss to the Mets. He’s had just two multiple-inning saves in the past three years, both four-out scenarios while with the Marlins in 2014.

“It’s a tougher decision than people think,” Servais said. “It’s very easy to sit back and say, ‘OK, the game is to this point, now it’s the seventh-, eighth- and ninth-inning guys.’ Sometimes you have to look at matchups, what the other team is offering or has on the bench, where you’re at in the game, the …

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