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SEATTLE (AP) -- Seattle Mariners catcher Joe Oliver waddled around the
clubhouse, his knees wrapped in ice packs to ease the pain of a
long day at work Saturday. For the 35-year-old Oliver and the rest of the Mariners, the
pain was worth it.
|  | | Alex Rodriguez, left, and Edgar Martinez celebrate after Martinez hit a 13th-inning, game-winning single to score Ricky Henderson and give the Mariners the victory Saturday. |
Edgar Martinez singled home the winning run in the 13th inning,
giving the Mariners a 6-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in the
longest game in Safeco Field's 1-year history.
"That must be a very deflating loss for (Toronto), because it's
exhausting just to play that long," All-Star shortstop Alex
Rodriguez said after going 2-for-4 for Seattle.
Rickey Henderson reached first on an infield single to lead off
the 13th against Roy Halladay (4-7), Toronto's seventh pitcher.
David Bell then bunted, and Henderson beat catcher Alberto
Castillo's throw to second. Rodriguez singled but Henderson, who
paused between second and third, didn't try to score.
Blue Jays manager Jim Fregosi felt the failure to get either
runner out when Castillo threw to second to try to get Henderson
cost Toronto the win.
"He thought the guy on first was 42 years old, or 43," Fregosi
said about the speedy veteran Henderson. "If we get an out there,
it might be different. You have to get an out there."
Said Castillo: "That was the game. I was trying to be
aggressive, trying to get the lead runner like I always do. I saw
Rickey walking, kind of, and I thought I had a shot. That was the
big play of the day that wasn't made."
Martinez then delivered the game-winning hit by singling up the
middle under the glove of shortstop Alex Gonzalez, ending the
longest of Safeco's 94 games after 5 hours, 4 minutes. It was
Seattle's first victory in five extra-inning games this season.
"It was just a great win and a long game for us," Martinez
said. "And it was a great day for Joe (Oliver) and all the
relievers."
Reliever Brett Tomko (5-3) gave up two hits over the final three
innings. Oliver, a 10-year veteran, went 3-for-5 with a pair of
doubles and a home run. He caught all 13 innings for five different
pitchers. The four relievers who followed starter Jaime Moyer
combined to limit a powerful Toronto lineup to no runs and two hits
to go with 12 strikeouts in seven innings of work.
"They're a deadly team and all you can do is try to keep them
off-balance," said Tomko, mentioned in trade rumors as Monday's
trading deadline approaches. "You're going to give up hits and
runs against them."
Seattle loaded the bases with one out in the 10th, but Henderson
struck out against Lance Painter, and Bell flied out.
The Mariners tied the score at 5 in the sixth when Oliver hit an
RBI double and scored on Stan Javier's single. The teams nearly
brawled when John Frascatore hit Rodriguez in the left thigh.
The two players exchanged words and had to be restrained, but no
punches were thrown as both benches and bullpens came on the field.
Toronto pitchers have hit opposing batters a league-leading 47
times, including four in this series.
Moyer, Seattle's ace, didn't get a decision for the first time
in 18 games since last Sept. 8 against Toronto. Moyer (11-3)
allowed five runs and seven hits in six innings.
Toronto starter Frank Castillo gave up five runs and eight hits
in 5 1-3 innings, striking out seven.
Oliver, starting in place of Dan Wilson, homered in the third
for a 1-0 lead, and Seattle got two more runs when left fielder
Shannon Stewart lost John Olerud's fly ball in the sun, and it hit
him in the left eye for a two-run double.
Stewart has a bruise above the eye and probably will be able to
play Sunday.
Tony Batista hit an RBI grounder in the fourth, and Toronto took
a 4-3 lead in the fifth on a run-scoring single by Rob Ducey,
acquired by Toronto on Wednesday from Philadelphia, and Craig
Grebeck's two-run single.
Todd Greene's second homer of the season made it 5-3 in the sixth.
Game notes
Both teams are 1-4 in extra innings. ... Olerud's
third-inning single stopped an 0-for-13 slide. ... Toronto's Carlos
Delgado doubled for the seventh consecutive game. He is 12-for-25
with 10 doubles during that stretch. ... Grebeck, making his 37th
start in 105 games, had his fifth straight two-hit game. ...
Seattle is 7-17 in one-run games, worst in the American League, and
it had lost its last seven one-run decisions. ... The Mariners were
the last team in the majors to win an extra-inning game this
season.
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