Texas rallied with two runs in the bottom of the inning to pull to within 5-4, but the Mariners pulled away with three runs in the ninth against Walter Pennington, who allowed a double, a triple and a hit a batter left with two outs and two on before Rodriguez's two-run single against Gerson Garabito made it 8-4.

Marcus Semien’s walk-off single lifted the Texas Rangers to a dramatic 6-5 comeback win over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, as the Rangers erased a five-run deficit.

The title defense for the Texas Rangers is over. The reigning World Series champions were eliminated from postseason contention during their last homestand of the season. The Rangers went into Saturday night’s matchup with Seattle eight games behind Minnesota for the third AL wild card with eight to go.