The '97 Mariners dropped a 4-3 decision in eleven innings at Kansas City.
Brent Gates pinch-hit home run in the top of the ninth sent the game to extra innings and saved Jeff Fassero a loss. Fassero went nine innings for a no decision.
Ken Griffey gave the M's a 1-0 lead with a first inning home run. That lead became 2-0 on a Joey Cora RBI single in the fourth. But, the Royals scored single runs in the fourth, fifth, and sixth.
KC won the game on a Chili Davis lead off homer in the bottom of the eleventh off Bobby Ayala.
Complete box score and play-by-play HERE.
The loss has Seattle at 25-23. They are in third place, two games behind the Rangers.
Next up for the '97 M's is a series at Minnesota against the Twins.
Scheduled starters 5/26/97:
SEA: Scott Sanders
MIN: Scott Aldred
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