SEATTLE — Leo Rivas, of all people, was the Mariners’ vessel to victory on Wednesday night.
The journeyman infielder belted a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the 13th inning to lift Seattle to a 4-2 win over the Cardinals, after entering the game as a pinch-runner an inning prior.
With the win, Seattle completed a three-game sweep of St. Louis and has now won five straight, marking the fourth time this season in which it has won that many in a row.
The club needed it, too, as both the teams that it was scoreboard-watching — Houston and Texas — were also victorious. The Mariners remained one game behind the Astros for first place in the American League West and 1 1/2 games ahead of the Rangers for the final AL Wild Card spot.
Seattle has now won 16 of its past 19 games at T-Mobile Park since the Trade Deadline — MLB’s best home record in that span.
