DETROIT — Javier Báez hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Detroit Tigers held the Seattle Mariners to one hit and rallied for a 2-1 win on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep.
The teams were playing for the sixth time in nine days. Detroit won two of three last week in Seattle.
“What an emotional turnaround at the end of a game that was tremendously pitched on both sides,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “This was a fun sweep.”
The Mariners got seven scoreless innings from their starter for the second game in a row and once again handed the lead to Yimi García. On Wednesday, he allowed Kerry Carpenter’s tying homer in what ended up a 3-2 loss in 10 innings.