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Mitch Haniger’s 3 hits, 4 RBIs lifts Seattle past Miami 10-5

Seattle Mariners' Mitch Haniger doubles in a pair of runs against the Miami Marlins in the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Seattle. Photo: Associated Press, KPUG/(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)


SEATTLE (AP) — Rookie Mitch Haniger extended his hitting streak to 13 games with three hits and four RBIs, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Miami Marlins 10-5 on Wednesday for their fifth win in six games.

Seattle has stabilized after a shaky first 10 day, receiving a punch of offense on a day Felix Hernandez (2-1) did not have his best stuff.

Haniger led the charge. A night after breaking up a potential no-hitter with a ninth-inning double, Haniger scored in the first inning, had a two-run single in the second and clanged a two-run double off the wall in deep center field in the fourth. Kyle Seager also drove in four runs and was on base four times as the Mariners went 6-3 on their only homestand of April.

Former Seattle Mariners Ichiro Suzuki got a standing ovation from the Safeco Field crowd when the Marlin’s outfielder hit a solo shot home run in the 9th inning in his final at bat.

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Miami starter Edinson Volquez (0-2) barely made it through three innings, giving up four runs and five hits. He walked four for the second straight start.
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