Former Red Sox righty Eduard Bazardo was among the heroes in Seattle’s 3-2 walkoff win in 15 innings over the Tigers in Game 5 of the ALDS.
The Mariners advanced to face the Blue Jays in the ALCS.
The 30-year-old Bazardo — who Boston initially signed out of Venezuela in 2014 — pitched 2 ⅔ scoreless innings and struck out four while allowing one hit and one walk (intentional).
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Bazardo replaced Logan Gilbert with no outs and runners on first and second base with the game tied 2-2 in the 12th inning. Zach McKinstry and Dillon Dingler had singled off Gilbert to lead off the inning.
Parker Meadows laid down a sac bunt to advance McKinstry and Dingler to second and third base.
Javier Báez, the next batter, grounded to third baseman Eugenio Suárez, who threw out McKinstry at the plate for the second out.
After an intentional walk to Kerry Carpenter to load the bases, Bazardo got Gleyber Torres to fly out to right field to escape the jam.
Bazardo struck out the side in order in the 13th inning. He left the game with a runner at second base and two outs in the 14th. He was replaced by Luis Castillo who recorded the final out of the 14th to keep the game scoreless.
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Bazardo appeared in 14 games for Boston from 2021-22 after increasing his fastball velocity significantly while at the Red Sox’ Dominican Academy during the canceled 2020 minor league season. He elected free agency after Boston outrighted him to Triple-A Worcester in October 2022.
He went 5-0 with a 2.52 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 12 holds and a .189 batting average against in 73 outings (78 ⅔ innings) for the Mariners this season.
He has allowed just a .198 batting average and has a 3.18 ERA in 122 career major league outings.
Seattle won in the 15th inning on Jorge Polanco’s walkoff RBI single.
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