McCann keys Braves' rally past Pineda, M's
<p>Mariners catcher Miguel Olivo misses a pop foul in the third inning Tuesday night at Seattle.</p>
SEATTLE (AP) - Brian McCann tormented Seattle pitching again with a tiebreaking two-run single in the seventh inning, part of a four-hit night by the Atlanta catcher, and the Braves rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Mariners 5-4 on Tuesday night.
The Braves took advantage of late control problems by starter Michael Pineda (7-5) and the Mariners' inability to come through with a clutch hit early against Tommy Hanson. Seattle left the bases loaded in the second inning, and runners on second and third in the fourth. They were limited to one run both times.
Hanson (9-4) settled down and gave his offense time to rally. Dan Uggla hit his 12th homer in the fifth inning, and the Braves added an unearned run in the sixth before scoring three times in the seventh.
Jordan Schafer had an RBI single in front of McCann's sixth hit of the series.
Since May 28, McCann is hitting .391 with 10 homers and 21 RBIs. He has more than half of Atlanta's 13 hits in the first two games of this series.
With Hanson's early shakiness, it was a surprise he was still around in the sixth. His first pitch coming off a stint on the disabled list - a get-it-over-fastball - was hit into the right-field seats by Ichiro Suzuki. That shot snapped a 99-game homerless streak for the Mariners' leadoff hitter.
It was Suzuki's 33rd leadoff homer, tying him with Paul Molitor for ninth on baseball's career list. Suzuki hadn't homered in 414 at-bats, dating to Sept. 11, 2010.
Seattle's Jack Cust hit an RBI double in the second and added a solo homer in the fourth.