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Cole Young sparks ninth-inning rally as Mariners jump back to .500

The Seattle Times·Ryan Divish Seattle Times staff reporter·about 1 month ago
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MINNEAPOLIS – Cole Young couldn’t hide the grin as he stood at first base. Over in the third-base dugout at Target Field, his teammates were screaming and celebrating his latest accomplishment. Young couldn’t help but feel like he might have just stolen a victory away from the Twins and given it to his team on Wednesday afternoon. With one out in the top of the ninth and the Mariners trailing by a run, Young, who already had a game-tying double in the seventh inning, delivered when needed once again in Seattle’s eventual 5-3 victory. With runners on second and third and the infield playing in on the grass to cut the run at home, Young made a lunging swing on a 2-2 splitter from reliever Eric Orze that was running away from him. Young was able to get just enough of the pitch, which was about three inches off the outside part of the plate, somehow sending a slow bouncing ball with an exit velocity of 65 mph past Orze and then through the infield for a seeing-eye single.…

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