ST. PETERSBURG – Wild pitch.
Wild game.
They all look like wins the next day.
The Rays finally and barely figured out how to beat their home ballpark on the way out of town Wednesday, and the last-place Mariners along the way, with a 7-6 walk-off win to avoid being swept by Seattle before 7,827 at Tropicana Field.
Seattle struck for three runs in the ninth off Rays reliever Emilio Pagan for a 6-5 lead.
Not so fast. A slump-bustin Kevin Kiermaier tied it in the ninth with a solo home run, giving him four RBIs on the afternoon, and the Rays won it when Willy Adames, who had singled and gone to thrid on a Mike Brousseau double, scored on a wild pitch from Seattle reliever Matt Magill while Tommy Pham was at the plate.