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Grayson Rodriguez pitched 6 1\/3 efficient innings because the Baltimore Orioles defeated the host Seattle Mariners 2-0 Tuesday night time within the opener of a three-game sequence between division leaders.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The American League East-leading Orioles gained for the fifth time of their previous six video games whereas the AL West-leading Mariners dropped their third in a row.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Rodriguez (10-3) allowed simply two hits, each by Josh Rojas — a two-out single within the third inning and a leadoff single within the sixth. The best-hander walked 4 and struck out eight.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Yennier Cano, Cionel Perez and Craig Kimbrel mixed for two 2\/3 innings of hitless reduction to finish the two-hitter. Regardless of hitting two batters with pitches within the ninth, Kimbrel earned his twentieth save.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Orioles opened the scoring within the fourth inning after Gunnar Henderson grounded a leadoff single to middle subject off Mariners starter George Kirby (7-6).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Adley Rutschman hit a grounder to second baseman Jorge Polanco, whose foot slipped as he made the throw to second, the ball hitting a sliding Henderson within the again to place two runners on. With one out, Anthony Santander grounded a run-scoring single to proper.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Orioles doubled their benefit within the seventh. Jordan Westburg grounded a one-out single to proper and Colton Cowser and Cedric Mullins singled up the center, the latter bringing dwelling the run.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n That was it for Kirby, who allowed two runs on seven hits over 6 1\/3 innings, with one stroll and 5 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Former Oriole Austin Voth changed Kirby and walked Jorge Mateo to load the bases. Voth caught Henderson a referred to as third strike and bought Rutschman to fly out to proper to keep away from any additional injury.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Mariners middle fielder Julio Rodriguez, who entered the sport in a 2-for-32 stoop, was dropped to the No. 7 spot within the batting order. Rodriguez went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts, together with a whiff with runners at second and third to finish the sport.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n –Discipline Stage Media<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n