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Mariners use pair of late home runs to rally for another win over Yomiuri

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The Mariners once again used their power to rally for another victory using a pair of late-inning home runs. Trailing 5-3 going into the top of the seventh and with Dee Gordon on first base, Mitch Haniger destroyed a pitch from right-hander Toshiki Sakurai. Haniger’s prodigious blast rocketed over the stands in left-center and hit off the signage advertising the JR train system high on the back wall of the Tokyo Dome. It left the crowd of 37,256 gasping in disbelief.

Seattle took the lead for good in the eighth on a solo homer from David Freitas — a towering fly ball that just over the wall in left field.