DENVER (AP) Rookie Kade Anderson tossed seven shutout innings, Dominic Canzone drove in two runs, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Colorado Rockies 2-1 on Sunday to stave off elimination from playoff contention.Anderson (2-2), in the longest of his six starts since making his major league debut Aug. 22 at the Chicago Cubs, followed his worst outing with his best. He gave up three hits, struck out a career-high seven and didnt walk a batter.His performance kept Seattles slim postseason hopes alive. The Mariners (73-83) gained a game on Texas in the AL West and avoided, temporarily, being eliminated from the AL wild-card race.Mariners closer Andrs Muoz left the game after walking TJ Rumfield with one out in the ninth. Muoz bent over flexing his right arm after missing on a 98 mph fastball, bringing out the trainer. Manager Dan Wilson said Munozs issue was with his right knee He was replaced by Eduard Bazardo, who got the final two outs around a walk for his first save.Colorado catcher Hunter Goodman hit his 39th homer off Muoz.Rockies starter Tomoyuki Sugano, who entered Sunday with a 7.41 ERA in three September starts, set down the first 10 batters before running into trouble in the fourth. He walked Randy Arozarena, and he scored from first on Canzones single to center.Canzone gave Seattle a 2-0 lead with an RBI double in the sixth off of Ryan Feltner.Colorados best scoring opportunity against Anderson was in the sixth inning when Jake McCarthy tripled with one out. Anderson got Connor Norby looking for the second out and struck out Goodman to end the inning.Rockies third baseman Kyle Karros was a late scratch with back spasms.Up nextMariners: RHP Logan Gilbert (12-10, 3.69 ERA) faces the Astros on Tuesday night to open the season-ending homestand.Rockies: LHP Kyle Freeland (4-10, 6.38) opens the final home series against the Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.___See APs full NFL coverage here ...read more read less