SEATTLE -- It was a tale of two different defenses for the Rangers on Friday night, when errors and other miscues caused the club to spiral to a 5-4, 10-inning loss to the Mariners at T-Mobile Park.

The first six innings were nearly flawless for Texas, including a number of potentially run-saving dives and slides.

Charlie Culberson -- who was filling in for Isiah Kiner-Falefa at shortstop -- had the highlight play of the night, making a diving grab in no-man’s land to rob Seattle’s Luis Torrens of a hit and strand two runners to end the fourth inning.

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That all fell apart in the seventh inning. J.P. Crawford reached on a fielding error by reliever Brett Martin with one out. Crawford then scored on a Culberson throwing error two batters later, cutting the Rangers’ lead to 3-2.

The Culberson error was more miscommunication than anything. When Seattle’s Kyle Seager grounded to Rangers' first baseman Nate Lowe, it looked to be an inning-ending double play, but neither Lowe nor Martin was able to get to the bag in time. Culberson still went through the progression without noticing nobody was on the bag.

“[Martin] just didn’t make a good throw on the first error and that was the start of it,” said Rangers manager Chris Woodward. “At the end of the inning, it’s just a matter of Brett getting there in time. It should have been a 3-6-1 or a 3-6-3 double play to end the inning and there was a little bit of a communication error. Charlie said he probably should have ate it, but somebody’s got to be there.”

The Rangers still got out of the inning allowing just one run, but it proved costly in the one-run loss after the Mariners walked it off with a Jake Fraley RBI single in the bottom of the 10th.

It was a messy affair all around as the two clubs combined for five errors in 10 innings.

“It was pretty sloppy on both sides of the game,” Woodward said. “They gave us three runs I think, maybe all four runs on errors, and we gave them right back. It was just silly, silly mistakes and we didn't execute some plays. We’ve got to play better. Sometimes games like that happen on both sides, but at the end of the day, it was a tied game going into the 10th inning and we had a chance at the end of the game.”

Rangers ace Kyle Gibson went 5 2/3 innings, allowing one run on five hits and three walks. He also threw a season-high 110 pitches and lacked his usual command. He lowered his season ERA to 1.98 with an undefeated 6-0 record as he took the no-decision.

Gibson said he felt a bit fatigued toward the end of his outing, which included back-to-back walks in the sixth before he was replaced. The Mariners were patient at the plate and worked him deep into counts, which added to his inability to keep his command solid.

“Had I been able to control the ball like I did the first three innings during the last three, I think it would have been a different story,” Gibson said. “I'm thankful that Woody gave me every opportunity to get out of that sixth inning, but unfortunately, I couldn't do it.”

The Texas bullpen combination of Brett Martin and Joely Rodriguez gave up three runs, only two of which were earned, as the Mariners broke out in the final frames. The pitching staff as a whole issued six walks.

“Obviously something we pride ourselves on is limiting the walks and free bases on the pitching side, and then executing plays on the defensive side,” Woodward said. “But tonight a little bit of both mixed in there cost us the lead.”