Kansas City Royals closer Carlos Estévez on Friday was named to replace Texas' Jacob deGrom on the American League roster for the All-Star Game. DeGrom will be inactive because his scheduled start for the Rangers' game at Houston on Saturday night falls too close to Tuesday's All-Star Game.

The Seattle Mariners recalled left-handed pitcher Tayler Saucedo on Friday, while right-handed pitcher Carlos Vargas was placed on paternity leave.

The Seattle Mariners earned a crucial series win against their American League West rivals, the Texas Rangers, over the weekend. The Mariners and Rangers played

Mitch Garver hit a two-run homer in the 12th and drove in four runs, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 6-4 to win a series in which all three games went to extra innings.

Miles Mastrobuoni saves the Seattle Mariners with a wild sliding catch and clutch RBI in extras vs. the Texas Rangers to get the road win.

The Seattle Mariners have recalled Tahoma High School product Tayler Saucedo, who rejoins the bullpen ahead of a three-game series at Detroit.

Marcus Semien had an RBI single with the bases loaded in the 10th inning and the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 3-2.

Royals closer Carlos Estévez has been named to the American League All-Star roster, replacing Rangers ace Jacob deGrom.

Early mistakes came back to bite the Seattle Mariners in a 3-2, 10th-inning loss to the Texas Rangers on Saturday at Globe Life Field. The Mariners fell to 42-4