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- Updated: May 21, 2016
CINCINNATI — By way of the home run and behind Felix Hernandez, the Mariners clinched a series win against the Reds on Saturday with a 4-0 victory at Great American Ball Park, Seattle’s second straight series win and fourth win in five games. Cincinnati has lost six straight and nine of its last 10.
The Mariners opened the scoring in the second inning with a two-out solo home run by Leonys Martin. Franklin Gutierrez followed him two innings later with a three-run shot into the upper deck in left field that gave Seattle a 4-0 lead. Reds starter John Lamb settled down after that, completing six innings without allowing another run. He finished with four runs allowed (three earned) on six hits, three walks and three strikeouts.
Hernandez held the Reds scoreless over six innings, although the Reds were able to threaten him with two bases-loaded, two-out situations in the third and fifth innings. Hernandez finished with four hits allowed, three walks and five strikeouts.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDBombs away: Gutierrez unleashed a towering 473-foot, three-run home run — the second-longest home run in the Majors League this season according to Statcast™ — in the fourth to give the …
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