Lee comes off bench to lift Mariners past Reds

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CINCINNATI — In the town where Hall of Famer Tony Perez succinctly summed up his hitting philosophy of, “See the ball, hit the ball,” Dae-Ho Lee followed that plan to the letter Friday night.

Lee drove an 0-1 fastball from left-hander Tony Cingrani to right field for a two-run single with the bases loaded that broke a tie in the seventh inning and propelled the Mariners to an 8-3 victory at Great American Ball Park. Lee had gone hitless in his previous seven at-bats, including striking out four times, and had just one hit in his 10 previous at-bats as a pinch hitter when he came to the plate in place of left-handed hitting Adam Lind.

“I was waiting for a fastball, and it was a fastball, so I hit …

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