Eugenio Suarez and Ty France each hit two-run homers, Logan Gilbert and three relievers combined to throw a four-hit ball game and the Seattle Mariners overcame an offensive slump with a 5-0 shutout of the Seattle Twins on Tuesday. Minnesota.
Suarez hit his team-high 12th homer of the season in the fourth and France hit it out of the park for the 10th time an inning later to knock Minnesota starter Joe Ryan off the mound.
Gilbert (7-2) lowered his ERA to 2.22 and earned the win with a six-inning, four-hit ball, one walk and six strikeouts.
Erik Swanson, Diego Castillo and Matt Festa worked a perfect inning each in relief duty.
Despite retiring 11 of the first 12 batters he faced, Ryan (5-3) took the loss after allowing five hits and four runs in 4 2-3 innings.
For the Twins, the Venezuelan Luis Arráez 4-0. Puerto Ricans Carlos Correa 4-2; Jose Miranda 3-0. Colombian Gio Urshela 4-0. The Dominican Gilberto Celestino 3-2.
For the Mariners, the Dominican Julio Rodríguez 2-1, with a run scored. The Venezuelan Eugenio Suárez 4-1, with one scored and two produced.