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Seager, Lee power Mariners past Padres
- Updated: May 30, 2016
SEATTLE — Kyle Seager and Dae-Ho Lee combined to drive in five runs with home runs and Nathan Karns won his fifth straight decision as the Mariners snapped a three-game losing streak by topping the Padres, 9-3, in a Monday afternoon Memorial Day game at Safeco Field.
In his second start since returning from a strained hamstring, Padres right-hander Andrew Cashner held Seattle scoreless until a four-run sixth, capped by Seager’s two-run blast, his ninth of the year. Cashner gave up six hits and three earned runs in 6 1/3 innings as he fell to 2-4 with a 4.79 ERA.
“I thought he threw the ball really well all day. I thought the sixth inning was probably poor pitch selection to go with the change-up to Seager right there,” Padres manager Andy Green said. “Other than that, I thought he threw the ball really, really well.”
Lee, a 33-year-old rookie from Korea, broke things open with a three-run blast in the eighth to highlight a five-run outburst against Padres reliever Brandon Maurer. Adam Lind had a two-run, bases-loaded single in the same frame as Maurer recorded just one out against his former team.
Karns (5-1, 3.43 ERA) continued his strong season as Seattle’s fifth starter, allowing eight hits and two runs over 6 2/3 innings The win puts the Mariners at 29-21, the fourth-best record after 50 games in franchise history and best since 2003, when they opened 32-18.
“The ball was in Nate Karns’ hands today and he really stepped up and gave us something we needed, a quality start against a very good pitcher,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “Cashner wa throwing the ball really well and we didn’t have much going early there, but Nate kept us close enough and threw what I thought was probably one of his best games of the year.”
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDGot you cornered: The Padres scored their second run on doubles into both outfield corners for a 2-0 lead in the sixth. Matt Kemp opened the inning with a ground-rule double into the right-field corner. Kemp scored from third on Brett Wallace’s opposite-field double down the left-field line. Left fielder Seth Smith got a glove on it after a long run into the corner, but couldn’t hold on.
Opening the floodgates: With just two hits off Cashner in the first five, the Mariners didn’t …
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