SEATTLE -- Frustration boiled over when Ty France was ejected in the fifth inning of Saturday¡¯s 4-3 loss to the Guardians, an all-encapsulating moment to an aggravating night in which Seattle saw a two-run lead evaporate in the eighth inning.

Andr¨¦s Mu?oz, who¡¯s been among the game¡¯s best leverage relievers, surrendered three runs for the first time since he gave up a walk-off grand slam in a May 22 outing in Boston, and the Mariners weren¡¯t able to overcome just three hits, despite all of them leaving the yard.

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The Mariners became the only MLB team in the Modern Era to hit three-plus homers in a game, but have no other baserunners, according to STATS, with blasts from Julio Rodr¨ªguez, Eugenio Su¨¢rez and Jake Lamb, the first for the Seattle native since he was acquired at the Trade Deadline. And it was shaping up to be a big one for insurance before Cleveland rallied late with impressive execution.

Here¡¯s how they rallied off Mu?oz:

? Steven Kwan drew a full-count walk, but only after a borderline call in a 2-2 count went Kwan¡¯s way.

? Amed Rosario hit an inside-out single on a 100.8 mph fastball in on his hands, an impressive display of hitting.

? Jos¨¦ Ram¨ªrez punched a 101.1 mph fastball above the zone for an opposite-field, run-scoring double.

? Josh Naylor hit a groundout to first baseman Lamb, but the speedster Rosario scored easily.

? Andr¨¦s Gim¨¦nez hit a flyout, but it was deep enough for a sacrifice that led to the game-winning run.

¡°You can see how good of stuff Mu?oz has,¡± Guardians manager Terry Francona said. ¡°You don't see [Ram¨ªrez] hit the ball down the left-field line very often. And he drops that slider like [Emmanuel] Clase. That's a pretty impressive inning for us because that kid is really, really good.¡±

Mu?oz has been so solid with traffic, but there was enough evidence to suggest that Saturday¡¯s showing was an outlier and more emblematic of one of MLB¡¯s best contact-hitting teams striking late. Mu?oz, after all, bested Ram¨ªrez in an epic, late-innings battle in the series opener, but the four-time All-Star Ram¨ªrez won the rematch.

The Mariners had the chance to respond in the eighth, but they were bit by another tight call when J.P. Crawford, in a 3-1 count, took a ball that Baseball Savant said was outside, but instead was called a strike, thus setting up Crawford to roll over into a groundout instead of reaching. Had he reached, there was a chance that Crawford could¡¯ve been on for Rodr¨ªguez after Cal Raleigh, but Raleigh was the third out.

¡°One pitch can affect the game,¡± Mariners manager Scott Servais said. ¡°We talk about that all the time with our guys -- you¡¯ve got to keep fighting, keep battling. If you watch the game on video, I haven¡¯t seen a lot of it yet, I heard. But from my vantage point, there were a lot of very close calls that didn¡¯t go our way.¡±

France was run by home-plate umpire Lance Barrett a half-inning after a called strikeout moments earlier. He asked for an explanation and voiced frustration, but he ultimately took first base and played the next half-inning. But he was ejected from the dugout after more conversing.

France, who entered the night hitting .125/.177/.167 (.344 OPS) in August and had been dramatically expanding his zone lately, was trying to focus on staying in the zone.

¡°We take a lot of pride in our plate discipline, and when those kinds of things happen, especially when it¡¯s one after the other, it¡¯s kind of tough,¡± France said. ¡°But yeah, these games are important. We¡¯re coming down the home stretch. It was a tough night.¡±

Television cameras zooming in on the dugout showed that the Mariners smashed roughly four to five helmets by the end of the night, underscoring the frustration of a game that snapped Seattle¡¯s 51-0 record when leading after the seventh inning.

¡°Part of being a professional is that you¡¯ve got to move on,¡± Servais said. ¡°You¡¯re not going to be able to change it. That doesn¡¯t make it any easier.¡±

The night¡¯s bright spot was the stellar start from Luis Castillo, featuring 10 strikeouts and just one run allowed, via a 415-foot homer from Ram¨ªrez in the fourth inning. Other than that, he gave up just three other hits and one walk.