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The Seattle Mariners and the Tampa Bay Rays take the field in one of 15 compelling matchups on the MLB schedule today.

And with his success in the late innings and the return of closer Ryan Helsley, manager Oliver Marmol will confront an interesting dilemma.

The Bucs will try for their second straight series sweep Sunday afternoon

Josh Palacios hit a pinch hit home run off Drew VerHagen in the top of the ninth inning to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 for their fifth straight win. “As soon as he came in, I was like, all right, it’s time to get going because he’s going to do something here,” Pirates closer David Bednar said. VerHagen (4-1) entered the game with one out in the ninth inning and hit Andrew McCutchen before Palacios, pinch hitting for Connor Joe, hit a 3-1 pitch into the right field seats for his seventh home run of the season.

Andrew McCutchen came off the bench and knocked in the go-ahead run on an error in the 10th inning, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates extend their winning streak to four games with a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. McCutchen, pinch hitting for Alfonso Rivas, hit a grounder up the middle off JoJo Romero (4-2) that eluded second baseman Nolan Gorman, scoring automatic runner Endy Rodríguez. Llover Peguero scored on a wild pitch, and Bryan Reynolds drove in Ji Hwan Bae with a sacrifice fly to extend the Pittsburgh lead to 4-1.