Giants Launch Three Home Runs, Rally To Snap Mariners' Winning Streak

The San Francisco Giants overcame a four-run deficit on Tuesday night to defeat the Seattle Mariners by the score of 6-5.

Though the Mariners built an early 5-1 advantage (largely due to a bases-clearing double by J.P. Crawford), a resilient Giants squad refused to be outmatched.

San Francisco's comeback began in the third inning, when outfielder Alex Dickerson blasted his eighth home run of the season over Levi's Landing.

In the fourth, fellow outfielder Mauricio Dubon drove a two-run shot into the left-field bleachers, knotting the score at 5-5.

And in the seventh, pinch-hitter Darin Ruf connected on the Giants' third home run of the evening, a tally that held up as the clinching run for San Francisco's surging offense.

While first-pitch weather registered at 64 degrees in San Francisco, the climate remained anything but cool in Seattle's dugout.

Undoubtedly frustrated by his team's collapse, Mariners' manager Scott Servais was ejected by home plate umpire John Libka after vehemently contesting a low strike call in the eighth inning.

The Giants called upon left-handed reliever Tony Watson in the ninth, and he rewarded their trust by recording his second save of the season (despite allowing rookie phenom Kyle Lewis to notch a two-out single).

Clearly trending in the right direction, San Francisco has won four straight games (and 14 of its last 19) to pull above .500 for the first time since August 2.

Meanwhile, Seattle watched its six-game winning streak disappear with tonight's loss.

The teams will meet once more at Oracle Park tomorrow evening (with the first pitch scheduled for 6:45 PM PST) before colliding again next week for a two-game set in the "Evergreen State".

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