Mariners muster 1 hit in 10-inning defeat

SEATTLE — Despite getting just one hit Friday night, the Mariners somehow pushed their way into extra innings against the Chicago White Sox. Not that it mattered.

Melky Cabrera’s two-out RBI double in the 10th inning lifted the White Sox to a 2-1 victory at Safeco Field once David Robertson closed out the Mariners.

Still, this stung a bit because Tony Zych (2-1) started the Chicago 10th by hitting Kevan Smith, a .115 hitter.

Leury Garcia replaced Smith and moved to second on Willy Garcia’s sacrifice bunt and to third on Tim Anderson’s grounder to second.

Cabrera then tomahawked an 0-2 slider into the right-field corner for an RBI double.

Mariners starter Ariel Miranda had a career-best nine strikeouts and allowed just one run and four hits in seven innings — and got a no-decision.

He made one big mistake. He hung a two-out slider in the sixth inning to Jose Abreu, who rocked it for a 464-foot homer that erased the Mariners’ 1-0 lead.

Former closer Edwin Diaz replaced Miranda to start the eighth inning and worked around two high-chop singles. Diaz then worked a one-two-three ninth inning.

That was a definite plus.

The Mariners got their only hit when Danny Valencia opened the second inning by swinging late on a changeup but flicking the ball into the right-center gap for a triple.

Valencia held on Taylor Motter’s fly to center but scored when Ben Gamel followed with deeper fly.

Chicago starter Jose Quintana who struck out seven and walked one in a dominant 99-pitch performance over eight innings. Robertson (3-1) pitched the final two innings.

Miranda didn’t give up a hit until Abreu’s two-out single in the fourth, which came after Miranda failed to get a borderline call on an 0-2 fastball.

The White Sox got one-out singles in the fifth from Matt Davidson and Yolmer Sanchez, but Miranda retired Smith on a fly to left before striking out Willy Garcia.

Chicago pulled even in the sixth inning when Miranda hung a 2-0 slider to Abreu, who planted the ball in the upper deck in left-center field for his eighth homer of the season.