Long list of heroes secure crucial Mariners win

CHICAGO — Some days it takes a village, especially when you’re facing an ace like Chris sale, and the Mariners got help from many fronts on Friday to pull out a 3-1 victory over the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field.

There was Franklin Gutierrez, breaking out of an 0-for-15 slump to hit a home run off Sale. There was Adam Lind, the platoon first baseman who’s not supposed to face southpaws, ripping an RBI double off one of the game’s premier lefties.

There was Shawn O’Malley, the utility guy filling in for Kyle Seager at third base and making a game-saving barehanded play to stifle the White Sox’s bases-loaded rally in the eighth.

And there, again, was the kid closer, Edwin Diaz, coming in for a five-out save and not only salvaging the day for Felix Hernandez by escaping the one-out bases-loaded jam, but then dazzling in the ninth by striking out the side.

“It’s nice for everybody to contribute and help the team get a ‘W,'” said Lind. “We need that. We’re kind of limping to Sept. 1. That can’t get here quick …

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