Mariners got away with three errors (in one inning) with three homers to rally past Orioles

The Seattle Mariners got away with a three-error inning that erased their early lead. Even when it had them staring briefly at more lost ground on the Oakland Athletics for that final playoff spot.

But against the Baltimore Orioles they could get away with that.

Especially when they would finish with three home runs, Nelson Cruz’s surprising, rumbling wheels and a late-inning lead for this dynamic Alex Colome-Edwin Diaz duo for a 5-2 Mariners win on Wednesday at Safeco Field to take the three-game series.

Diaz earned his major-league leading 53rd save, lifting him to a four-way tie with Trevor Hoffman (1998), Randy Myers (1993) and Mariano Rivera (2004) for fifth-most saves in a single-season…