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Youth is served with Heredia and Diaz
- Updated: August 4, 2016
SEATTLE — The rookies recharged the Mariners on Tuesday after the club suffered consecutive one-run late-inning losses Sunday and Monday.
“We have a veteran team and guys that have a proven track record and all the good things that go with that. But also [there] is the energetic young player that really puts energy into the veteran player,” said Mariners manager Scott Servais.
Rookies Guillermo Heredia and Edwin Diaz brought the energy Tuesday by logging a couple of firsts: Heredia’s first Major League hit and RBI in the eighth inning, and Diaz’s first save. The team rallied behind them for a 5-4 comeback victory against the Red Sox.
Heredia had come close to getting his first hit a couple times before. Earlier in the game, he lined out to third.
“I’ve never felt so many guys pushing or trying to help a kid get a hit,” Servais said. “It meant a lot to everybody.”
With runners on first and second in the eighth, Heredia poked a fastball into right field for an RBI single to put the Mariners just two runs behind the Red Sox. He …
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