Arozarena’s 4 RBIs lift Mariners over Cards 5-3 as Seattle closes within 1 game of AL West lead

SEATTLE AP Randy Arozarena hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the third inning as part of a four-RBI night as the Seattle Mariners beat the St Louis Cardinals - on Tuesday to close within one battle of the AL West lead Arozarena hit his th homer four more than his previous career high He turned on a fastball down the middle from Matthew Liberatore - a no-doubt drive that prompted Arozarena to stunt a pose in the direction of the Mariners dugout Then in the fifth inning Arozarena added to Seattle s lead with a sacrifice fly in an inning that included Josh Naylor s th homer a solo drive that he followed with an impressive bat flip toward the dugout Seattle moved with one event of division-leading Houston its closest since mid-August and maintained a -game lead over Texas for the final AL wild card George Kirby allowed three runs and seven hits over four sluggish innings Five pitchers combined with two-hit relief with Caleb Ferguson - striking out two in a perfect fifth and Andr s Mu oz working around Jos Ferm n s two-out single for his th save in chances Key moment St Louis Pedro Pag s poked a hard-hit groundball to the right side of the infield to lead off the ninth inning but Naylor made a fine play to take away a single Key stat Naylor is in the midst of a four-game RBIs streak over which he s driven in seven runs and hit three home runs In home games at T-Mobile Park since being acquired from Arizona Naylor is hitting with runs five doubles RBIs eight stolen bases and five walks Up next Cardinals RHP Michael McGreevy - and Mariners RHP Logan Gilbert - start Wednesday night s finale of the three-game series AP MLB https apnews com hub MLB Source