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- Updated: May 25, 2016
SEATTLE — Manager Scott Servais moved Leonys Martin into the leadoff role three games ago, but the athletic center fielder cleared the table instead of setting it on Tuesday with a dramatic two-run walkoff homer as the Mariners topped the A’s, 6-5, at Safeco Field.
Martin has been on a tear of late, hitting .500 (14-of-28) with four homers, five walks and seven run scored in his last eight games. That earned him a promotion from No. 9 in the order to the top spot last weekend and he was in the right spot at the right time to deliver the game-winner as Seattle rallied from a 5-2 deficit over the final two frames.
“As soon as I hit the ball, I knew it was going to be gone,” Martin said. “I crushed that ball. I was just trying to put the ball in play.”
Martin has a career-high nine homers in 43 games, not bad for a guy the Mariners signed because he’s a terrific defensive center fielder and they wanted to get more athletic in Safeco Field.
“He’s got a quick bat,” Servais said. “He’s hitting a few more fly balls this year than he normally does. The ball is carrying. He’s an electric player. You see it on the bases, you see it in the outfield, the way the ball jumps off his bat. You never quite know what’s going to …
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