San Francisco Giants at Seattle Mariners

Lifeless for their first game-and-a-half out of the break, the Mariners finally found liftoff in the late innings of a 4-3, 10-inning thriller over the Giants on Saturday afternoon. Cole Young clobbered a three-run, game-tying homer in the seventh inning off Logan Webb in the right-hander’s first appearance since being selected to Tuesday’s All-Star Game. Then in the 10th, Julio Rodríguez roped a sacrifice fly to left field that scored automatic runner Victor Robles, who advanced to third base on a sacrifice bunt from Colt Emerson. It was Rodríguez’s first game since July 2, having been sidelined with a concussion. "We've been trying,” Rodríguez said. “I feel like the effort has always been there, and all the guys show up in the right way, play hard and we haven't been rewarded as much. So, to get a little glimpse and get the crack right there, it definitely made the whole dugout fired up." Both moments offered a big breakthrough for an offense that badly needed something -- anything -- to jumpstart their second half, especially on the heels of a 1-5 road trip through Florida going into the break. Up to the point of Young’s homer, Seattle had been held to just one hit -- after just two singles in a 7-0 loss Friday, a stretch of 15 innings. “At least for a while, it feels like we can't get anything going,” Rodríguez said. “And I just feel like that definitely was a great spark for the team, and it was huge to keep us in the game.” Then, they finally -- and rapidly -- clawed away at Webb in that turnaround seventh, as Randy Arozarena was hit by a pitch, then Josh Naylor walked on four pitches to set up Young’s big blast, his 12th of the season.