SEATTLE (AP) — Ryon Healy doubled home two runs in the eighth inning and Alex Colome earned a save in his first outing for Seattle as the Mariners defeated the Minnesota Twins 3-1 Sunday.
The Mariners swept the three-game series and have won eight of their last nine.
Mike Leake (5-3) allowed only one run in eight innings for the win. He outpitched Jose Berrios (5-5), who gave up two runs in 7 1/3 innings.
Colome arrived in Seattle on Saturday night, a day after the Mariners got him and outfielder Denard Span in a trade with Tampa Bay. Colome will pitch the eighth inning most of the time for Seattle, but closer Edwin Diaz had the day off after working in four of the previous five games.
Colome pitched a perfect inning for his 12th save of the season.
Healy’s tiebreaking, two-run double came off Addison Reed, the Twins’ fourth pitcher of the inning.
The Twins took a 1-0 lead in the second when Eddie Rosario singled and scored on a double by Eduardo Escobar.
The Mariners left the bases loaded in the third after Mitch Haniger struck out on a check swing and Nelson Cruz popped out.
Kyle Seager tied it with a home run in the fourth. Seager also was outstanding in the field with several stellar plays at third base, including a stop that robbed Brian Dozier of a likely double in the sixth.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Twins: Minnesota CF Byron Buxton was back in the starting lineup after slamming into the wall on Saturday night trying to grab a home run off the bat of Cruz.
Mariner: SS Jean Segura was not in the lineup after getting inadvertently kicked in the head on Saturday night during a slide. Segura was being examined by team doctors Sunday and hoping it wasn’t a concussion.
MARINERS MOVES
Seattle made seven moves, starting with Colome’s arrival. The Mariners placed reliever Nick Vincent on the 10-day disabled list with a right groin strain, a day after he exited in the eighth inning Saturday. Seattle also recalled reliever Dan Altavilla from Triple-A Tacoma and selected C Chris Herrmann from Tacoma. C David Freitas was optioned to Tacoma, as was 1B Daniel Vogelbach. INF Taylor Motter was designated for assignment. Span was expected to be in uniform for Monday’s game.
UP NEXT
Twins: Lance Lynn (2-4) will make the fifth start of his career against the Royals on Monday at Kansas City. Jakob Janis (5-3) is expected to start for the Royals. Lynn is coming off his longest start of the season when he pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings against Detroit.
Mariners: Marco Gonzales (4-3) makes his 11th start of the season as the Mariners host Texas. Gonzales pitched seven strong innings in his last start, a 1-0 victory over Oakland. Doug Fister (1-4) is the expected starter for the Rangers.
