SEATTLE (AP) 鈥� Royce Lewis hit a tying home run in the seventh inning and Luke Keaschall smacked a go-ahead double as the surging Minnesota Twins beat the Seattle Mariners 5-3 on Friday night.
Minnesota鈥檚 seventh victory in nine games gave the Twins (56-55) a winning record for the first time since April 21, when they were 12-11. They are tied with Cleveland for the final American League playoff spot, and both teams are three games behind the first-place Chicago White Sox in the AL Central.
The skidding Mariners (53-58) have lost three straight and eight of 10 to fall three games behind AL West-leading Houston.
Yoendrys G贸mez walked two in the ninth but locked down his 14th save of the season. Kody Funderburk (2-1) tossed 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief after Zebby Matthews struck out a career-high 10 in five innings of three-run ball.
Lewis led off the seventh with to left field off left-hander Jos茅 A. Ferrer (4-2) to make it 3-all. Alan Roden reached on an infield single and, one-out later, Keaschall put the Twins up for good with his off Eduard Bazardo.
Ryan Jeffers added an insurance run in the eighth. He for his 10th home run to give Minnesota a 5-3 lead.
Seattle took a 2-0 advantage in the first on off Matthews. A in the second evened the score before Seattle went back in front 3-2 on .
The Mariners with left wrist inflammation and recalled infielder Leo Rivas from Triple-A Tacoma.
The Twins and in separate trades Friday.
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RHP Logan Gilbert (8-6, 3.44 ERA) gets the ball for Seattle on Saturday against Minnesota LHP Connor Prielipp (3-5, 4.73).
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