Pirates fall to Mariners 6-3 on Eugenio Suárez walkoff homer

Pirates fall to Mariners 6-3 on Eugenio Suárez walkoff homer Seattle Mariners' Jarred Kelenic, left, reacts after hitting an RBI-double to score J.P. Crawford as Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Rodolfo Castro, second from right, looks on during the fifth inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 28, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)

By Griffin Floyd

SEATTLE — Mariners’ third baseman Eugenio Suárez hammered a middle-middle slider over the left field wall to walk off the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 in the tenth inning on Sunday.

The Pirates needed eighth-inning heroics from Bryan Reynolds and Andrew McCutchen (and the help of a wild pitch) to make it that far, but they couldn’t seal the deal in extras, dropping the game and the series to Seattle.

Mariners’ center fielder Julio Rodriguez blasted a hanging slider over the left field fence to open a 1-0 lead in the first.

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Catcher Austin Hedges singled and right-fielder Andrew McCutchen walked in the third. A flyout put runners at the corners, but the Pirates couldn’t draw even.

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