Omar Narvaez’s 10th-inning homer lifts Mariners over White Sox

SEATTLE — Omar Narvaez hit a walk-off home run in the 10th inning against his former team, Felix Hernandez turned in his best outing of the season and the Mariners slipped past the White Sox 2-1 on Saturday.

Narvaez’s solo shot to right field bounced off the top of the wall and was upheld after a brief review. He hit the homer against Sox closer Alex Colome, for whom he was traded last offseason. Narvaez played for the Sox in 2016-18.

Rookie Shed Long also hit a solo homer to help the Mariners end a modest two-game losing streak.

Hernandez cruised through the first six innings with little trouble, retiring 10 consecutive batters from the third through the sixth. He was incredibly efficient through most of his five-hit outing, not throwing more than 12 pitches in an inning until the seventh.

Jose Abreu led off that inning by threading a single between third baseman Kyle Seager and shortstop J.P. Crawford, and Yoan Moncada doubled to threaten Hernandez for the first time.

Two batters later, James McCann battled Hernandez for a nine-pitch walk to load the bases. Zack Collins then drove in Abreu on a fielder’s choice, avoiding a double play by just beating out the relay to enable the Sox to tie the score 1-1.

Hernandez got out of the inning by forcing a pop-up from pinch hitter Ryan Goins, but the 23-pitch inning ended his night. He struck out four and walked one in what likely was his penultimate home start with the Mariners. His best performance of the season came five days after his worst, when he gave up 11 runs in two-plus innings in a 21-1 loss to the Astros.

Sox pitchers also were effective. Starter Dylan Cease was done in by a high pitch count, reaching 106 pitches after five innings. But he got out of a bases-loaded jam in the fourth with his fifth strikeout and held the Mariners to Long’s homer among three hits. He struck out five and walked three.

Before the game, Mariners fans finally got a chance to celebrate former player Ichiro Suzuki. The Mariners bestowed the Franchise Achievement Award on Suzuki, who made a speech in English after using a translator throughout his career, in a pregame ceremony that was attended by Hall of Famers and former teammates Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez.

Suzuki, now a special assistant to Mariners chairman John Stanton, played 14 seasons for the team in two stints. He retired after a two-game series against the Athletics in Japan at the start of this season after 28 years at the top levels of Major League Baseball and the Nippon Baseball League.

‘‘When I came to Seattle in ’01, no position player had every come from Japan,’’ Suzuki told the crowd. ‘‘The one you got was 27, small, skinny and unknown. You had every reason not to accept me. However, you welcomed me with open arms and never stopped, even when I left and came back.’’