It’s not every day when you can lose a game by 5 runs and still say it was close right up until the end. Mariners emergency reliever Denny Stark gave up 6 runs with 2 outs in the top of the 10th inning as Seattle went on to lose to the Rangers by a score of 7-2. The Rangers out-hit Seattle 16 to 3 in this game. The big hit came off the bat of Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who hit a grand slam in that troubling 10th inning.

Mariners rookie Shawn Kelley took the mound in the 10th but only threw a few pitches before leaving the game in pain. It appears he strained a muscle on his left side.

For all you fantasy fans out there who had an interest in this game beyond the Mariners, Vincente Padilla of the Rangers started and threw eight innings, giving up just 1 earned run and 1 hit.
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