The Mariners’ Leonys Martin celebrates as he rounds the bases after hitting a two-out, two-strike, two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning in Tuesday night’s game against the Oakland Athletics. The Mariners won 6-5.

The Mariners’ Leonys Martin celebrates as he rounds the bases after hitting a two-out, two-strike, two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning in Tuesday night’s game against the Oakland Athletics. The Mariners won 6-5.

Martin’s 2-run, 2-out 9th-inning HR lifts M’s to 6-5 win over A’s

SEATTLE — OK … maybe this is the year.

Leonys Martin pulled the Seattle Mariners out of their Safeco blues Tuesday night with a walk-off homer, a two-run blast with two outs and two strikes, that produced a 6-5 victory over the Oakland Athletics.

And it was a no-doubt bomb against Oakland closer Ryan Madson that ended a four-game home losing streak and brought the Mariners cascading out of the dugout in celebration.

The Mariners were down to their last out when Nori Aoki, who had lost his leadoff job, sliced a double to left field just beyond the reach of Coco Crisp.

Martin then fell into a 1-2 hole on Madson (2-1) before crushing his ninth homer of the season.

It capped a comeback after the Mariners saw a 2-1 lead slip away when Oakland scored four runs in the sixth inning. Robinson Cano’s two-run homer in the eighth closed the gap to one run.

Mike Montgomery (2-0) got the victory by pitching 31⁄3 scoreless inning — after yielding a two-run double to Crisp in the sixth.

The victory enabled the Mariners to maintain their 11⁄2-game lead over second-place Texas in the American League West Division.

The Mariners led 2-1 in the sixth when Nathan Karns ran into trouble by yielding singles to Stephen Vogt and Danny Valencia, which put runners at first and third with no outs.

In came Nick Vincent and his 1.40 ERA.

That didn’t work.

Vincent surrendered a game-tying sacrifice fly to Khris Davis, a single to Yonder Alonso and a tie-breaking RBI double to Marcus Semien. An intentional walk to Chris Coghlan loaded the bases with one out.

It was Vincent’s third blown save in four chances — although that’s somewhat deceptive since he is a setup reliever who also has nine holds.

Vincent struck out Jake Smolinski before the Mariners summoned Montgomery and his 1.90 ERA to turn switch-hitter Crisp to the right side.

That didn’t work either.

Crisp pulled a two-run double into the left-field corner, and the Athletics led 5-2, but Montgomery allowed nothing further.

Franklin Gutierrez started the comeback with a leadoff pinch double in the eighth inning against John Axford, and Cano followed with a two-run homer.

When Axford walked Nelson Cruz, the Mariners had the tying run on base. But lefty Mark Rzepcynski replaced Axford and quelled the threat by getting Kyle Seager to ground into a double play.

Madson then retired the first two hitters in the ninth before Aoki and Martin rescued the Mariners.

It started well.

The Mariners, after being blanked in Monday’s opener, scored in the first inning when Cano lined a one-out double past center fielder Billy Burns after a Seth Smith single.

Burns aided the cause by taking a poor route to the ball.

Oakland pulled even when Karns grooved a breaking ball to Crisp, who drove it 374 feet to right for a one-out homer in the third inning.

The Mariners put their first two batters on base in their third. Cano grounded into a double play, but Cruz followed with an RBI single for a 2-1 lead.

It was still a one-run lead in the fifth when Oakland pulled starter Kendall Graveman after singles by Aoki and Smith put runners at first and second with one out.

Athletics manager Bob Melvin called on lefty Daniel Coulombe to face Cano. It worked. Cano flied out to left. Coulombe then struck out Cruz. The lead stayed at one.

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