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Brisbane coach John Aloisi claims Jamie Maclaren and Tommy Oar will earn Socceroos call-ups for the 2018 World Cup if they play to their potential in the A-League.The Roar duo are hovering on the periphery of the national set-up but face stiff competition to force their way back into coach Ange Postecoglous ever-improving squad, should they qualify for Russia 2018.Maclaren was handed his first Socceroos cap in a 2-1 friendly loss to England in June after scoring 20 goals in last seasons breakout campaign.The 23-year-old striker led a two-pronged attack alongside Robbie Kruse on starting debut in Sunderland.But hes yet to receive a recall, with Postecoglou so far preferring Tomi Juric, Tim Cahill and Apostolos Giannou in the final phase of World Cup qualifying.For Oar its been nearly a year between drinks, a former Socceroos regular who fell down the pecking order and hasnt featured since last Novembers first-stage World Cup qualifying win over Bangladesh.But at 24, the speedy winger is in his prime and in an ideal environment to reboot his international career in time for Russia.A full pre-season at Brisbane should provide the stability to thrive after last years six joyless and injury-riddled months with English Championship side Ipswich Town.Oars depth of experience in two World Cups and two Asian Cups would be attractive to Postecoglou, and both he and Maclaren have a golden opportunity to impress as part of a Roar squad also featuring former Socceroo Brett Holman.The key for the pair will be getting consistent minutes, starting against Melbourne Victory in next Fridays season-opener.Aloisi believed the pair could make it happen.Jamie Maclaren and Tommy Oar will definitely be pushing hard for the World Cup, Aloisi told AAP.Thats something they shouldnt really focus on - they should just focus on performing well with Brisbane and working hard in training.But if they do perform the way we know they can, I think they will get selected for 2018.I think theyre players Ange likes. 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SEATTLE -- On the day Felix Hernandez returned to the mound, Leonys Martin gave the Seattle Mariners the biggest boost.Martin hit his second home run of the game, a solo shot with one out in the 11th inning that sent Seattle over the Chicago White Sox 6-5 on Wednesday.Every time you win a ballgame, its good no matter how you win the ballgame, but this is a great feeling, Martin said.Martin hit a two-run drive in the second inning. He then drove an 0-2 pitch from Dan Jennings (3-2) over the wall in right for his 13th homer. His previous season high was eight homers in 457 at-bats with Texas in 2013.With two strikes, especially in the second half, hes taking some walks, hes not swinging quite as hard, Mariners manager Scott Servais said. I believe the pitch he hit out was an 0-2 pitch. Not trying to kill it, just hit it, because hes got a lot of ability.Vidal Nuno (1-1) pitched one inning for the victory.Seattle pulled within 5-4 on Mike Zuninos two-run homer in seventh. The Mariners tied it on Adam Linds solo shot in the eighth.The Mariners nearly won it in the 10th. Nelson Cruz drew a two-out walk and tried to score on Kyle Seagers double, but right fielder Adam Eaton threw out the Seattle slugger at the plate.Hernandez, activated off the disabled list earlier in the day, allowed five runs on 10 hits in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out two and walked two in his first start since May 27.It feels good to be out there, try and do my job to help my team to win, said Hernandez, who threw 94 pitches. I had a good sinker, got a lot of groundballs. They were swinging, they were swinging at every pitch and thats why my pitch count was pretty low.Todd Frazier hit a three-run homer in the first off Hernandez. Fraziers 28th home run tied him for the major league lead with Baltimores Mark Trumbo.It was a changeup. I left it up, Hernandez said. Fraziers got pretty good pop and put a good swing on it.Hernandez struck out Eaton to begin the game, but Melky Cabrera followed with a double into the left-field corner. Justin Morneau drew a two-out walk and Frazier connected for his third homer in three games.The White Sox added a run in the second on consecutive two-out singles by Tyler Saladino, Eaton and Cabrera to make it 4-0. Martin homered in the bottom half.Chicago pushed the lead to 5-2 in the fifth on a leadoff triple by Cabrera and Morneaus single.Seattle cut the led to 5-4 in the seventh on the home run by Zunino, also called up earlier in the day from Triple-A Tacoma.dddddddddddd It was the third homer for Zunino, who hit two during an earlier two-game call-up.Lind, whose pinch-hit, three-run homer in the ninth inning gave Seattle a 4-3 victory on Monday, tied it with his 15th homer.The home run was our friend early, and then it became our enemy, White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. You give up enough of those, its tough to withstand it.Servais was pleased with what he saw from Hernandez.I think for the first time out, he was probably better than I thought he would be, other than the home run that he gave up to Frazier, Servais said. I thought his stuff was good, I thought he was pretty crisp, but after the first inning at that point if you had told me he was going to get as deep as he did into the game, I probably wouldnt have believed it.STRIKEOUT MACHIINEMariners rookie reliever Edwin Diaz fanned all three batters he faced in the eighth, giving him six consecutive outs by strikeout. The 22-year-old hard-throwing righty has struck out 42 in 20 2/3 innings, while allowing five runs.UPON FURTHER REVIEWIn the eighth inning, Seager was called safe at first ahead of a double-play relay. The White Sox challenged and the play was overturned. Lind followed with a solo homer.UP NEXTWhite Sox: RHP James Shields (4-11, 5.10 ERA) makes his ninth start for Chicago to open a four-game series at home against Detroit. Shields, acquired in early June from San Diego, is 2-2 with a 1.91 ERA in his last four starts.Mariners: Seattle opens an 11-day, eight-game road trip on Friday at Toronto. LHP James Paxton (2-4, 4.56 ERA) starts the opener, followed by Hisashi Iwakuma (10-6).TRAINERS ROOMWhite Sox: With LHP Carlos Rodon (wrist) not ready to come off the disabled list, RHP Jacob Turner will get his second start of the season Friday. He allowed eight runs on seven hits in four innings in an 8-1 loss to the Angels last Sunday.Mariners: SS Ketel Marte was out for the third straight game with an illness. He was not expected to travel with the team to Toronto on Wednesday night, pending a few more tests, but Servais said he hoped Marte would join the team in time for the series against the Blue Jays that begins Friday. ' ' '