Dodgers, Mariners Tied in 11

SEATTLE —  The Dodgers didn’t have many chances to score and the Seattle Mariners wasted the ones they had as the teams were tied, 2-2, after 10 innings at Safeco Field on Friday night.

The Mariners and their fans received a scare in the fifth when franchise player Alex Rodriguez was involved in a violent collision and forced to leave the game.

Trying to break up a double play, Rodriguez hit his head against Dodger shortstop Alex Cora’s knee. Rodriguez was diagnosed with a concussion, and the all-star shortstop was taken to a hospital for precautionary tests.

The Dodgers took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on Todd Hundley’s two-run double in the first inning, but they had only two more hits through the 10th inning.

Carlos Perez worked 6 1/3 innings, scattering nine hits and walking two with a strikeout.

Adrian Beltre’s 13th error helped Seattle tie the score, 2-2, in the eighth against Terry Adams.

The Mariners stranded the potential tying run at second in the seventh against Adams after he relieved Perez with one out. With two on and two out in the eighth, Raul Ibanez pinch-hit for Joe Oliver.

Beltre misplayed Ibanez’s grounder to load the bases and extend the inning. Carlos Guillen then walked on a full count to force in John Mabry, who ran for Edgar Martinez.

Jay Buhner could have won the game for the Mariners in the bottom of the ninthinning, but he struck out looking with two on against Matt Herges.

Herges then struck out Robert Machado with a runner on third to end the 10th inning.

Hundley hit a two-out, two-run double into the right-field corner against Mariner starter Freddy Garcia in the first inning. The right-hander was activated from the disabled list before the game after suffering a broken bone in his right leg.

Garcia performed well in his first start since April 21. He gave up four hits and two runs, striking out six and walking five.

The crowd was silenced in the fifth.

The Mariners loaded the bases with one out against Perez, and Rodriguez walked to force in Guillen and cut the Dodgers’ lead to 2-1 with Martinez on deck.

After pitching cautiously to Rodriguez, Perez quickly worked an 0-2 count against Martinez, who leads the major leagues with 86 runs batted in. Cora fielded Martinez’s grounder to the right of second and raced Rodriguez to bag.

Cora’s left knee collided with Rodriguez’s head while Rodriguez came in without sliding and tried to prevent a double play. His head snapped back and to the left, and Cora landed on his stomach after throwing to first to end the inning.

Coaches, teammates and medical personnel raced to the field while Rodriguez and Cora lay motionless. They were encircled by their teams as trainers examined them and the crowd watched anxiously.

Cora stood after two minutes and walked off under his own power. Rodriguez took longer to leave.

He appeared to be unconscious for a few moments. At one point, a Mariner trainer raced to the dugout to get equipment to immobilize Rodriguez’s neck, and an ambulance was on alert to remove him from the field.

A Mariner physician determined an ambulance wasn’t immediately needed. Rodriguez sat up after about six minutes and tried to compose himself while Martinez squatted behind him and patted his back.

Rodriguez then stood, shook his head and blinked several times. He appeared woozy, and two Mariner trainers slowly led him off the infield as Manager Lou Piniella and many players followed.

Rodriguez received a standing ovation as he disappeared into the clubhouse.