Hisashi Iwakuma, Mariners hold on to beat Royals 3-2 (Yahoo Sports)

Hisashi Iwakuma pitched into the seventh inning, Seattle scored the go-ahead runs on Yordano Ventura's wild pitch and the Mariners held on to beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Friday night. Steve Cishek, who blew the save in the series opener, allowed Salvador Perez's homer in the ninth inning before finishing off the inning. Ventura (6-6) was nearly as stingy, giving up only a sacrifice fly to Ketel Marte in the fifth, before things unraveled for him after Seth Smith's single and Robinson Cano's double in the sixth inning.