Early Mistakes Come Back to Bite Seattle Mariners in 3-2 Loss to Texas Rangers

Rocker also pitched six innings, fanned six, walked one and allowed two earned runs on four hits (one home run). Both hurlers finished with 97 pitches.

Rocker was the first pitcher to blink and did so in the top of the third. Dominic Canzone hit a 425-foot solo home run to right field to put the Mariners in front 1-0.

The Rangers responded in the home half of the third. Corey Seager hit a two-run home run to right field to pull Texas in front 2-1, but that home run was only possible due to a crucial snafu in the field.

First baseman Josh Smith, who hit one spot ahead of Seager in the order, reached first after Seattle shortstop J.P. Crawford committed a throwing error to first. Smith would have been the final out of the inning.

"Thought (the day) went pretty good," Woo said after the game. "Even the pitch to Corey I thought was a good pitch. He just put a good swing on it. He tends to do that a lot. But overall, pretty good. Feel like I got better as the game went on. Always like those outings."

The Mariners tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the sixth with an RBI single from Randy Arozarena. Seattle had runners reach in the eighth and ninth, but were unable to capitalize and the two teams played in extra innings for the second day in a row.

The Mariners were retired in order in the top of the ninth. The M's finished 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left eight runners on base.

In the bottom of the 10th, Seattle closer Andres Munoz struck out former Mariner Sam Haggerty on three pitches to lead off the inning. He hit Smith the next at-bat and threw a wild pitch to advance Alejandro Osuna, the automatic runner, to third and Smith to second. He walked Corey Seager, which set Marcus Semien up with the bases loaded and one out.

Semien hit a single to score Osuna and give the Rangers the 3-2 win.

Seattle will have a chance to clinch the series win and a winning record on its 10-game road trip in the series finale against Texas at 11:35 a.m. PT on Sunday. Luis Castillo will start for the Mariners and Jack Leiter will start for the Rangers.