Cleveland Guardians’ Brayan Rocchio, proper, begins his slide into residence plate for the successful run as Seattle Mariners’ Cal Raleigh waits for the throw throughout the ninth inning of a baseball recreation, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photograph/Phil Lengthy)
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CLEVELAND — Brayan Rocchio singled in Nolan Jones with the tying run, then scored on Steven Kwan’s sacrifice fly within the ninth inning within the Cleveland Guardians’ 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday evening.
Jones led off the ninth with a double and got here round on Rocchio’s gentle hit to left, with left fielder Randy Arozarena throwing the ball away to permit Rocchio to advance to 3rd.
Tim Herrin (5-3) pitched a scoreless ninth for the victory that pulled Cleveland inside 4 video games of Seattle for the ultimate AL wild-card place. Mariners nearer Andrés Muñoz (3-2) recorded one out and gave up two runs, one unearned.
The Guardians trailed 4-0 after 5 innings earlier than Kyle Manzardo homered within the sixth and Jones added one other solo shot within the seventh, each off George Kirby. Angel Martínez pulled the Guardians to 4-3 within the eighth, singling residence José Ramírez.
The Mariners scored 4 occasions within the first towards Logan Allen. Julio Rodríguez and Eugenio Suárez drove in runs earlier than Jorge Polanco cleared the fence in left together with his twenty first residence run of the season.
Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh, who leads the majors with 50 homers, went 0 for 1 with three walks. Outfielder Victor Robles started serving a seven-game suspension for throwing his bat at a pitcher on a rehab task with Triple-A Tacoma. The preliminary suspension was 10 video games, however Robles appealed.
Key second
Mariners relievers Matt Brash and Muñoz allowed three runs, two earned, whereas combining for 4 outs. They gave up three hits and a pair of walks after coming into to start the eighth.
Key stat
Guardians third baseman Ramírez doubled within the first inning for his 826th hit at Progressive Subject, changing into the profession chief on the 31-year-old ballpark. Omar Vizquel is second with 825.
Up subsequent
Mariners RHP Logan Gilbert (4-5, 3.69 ERA) was set to face RHP Gavin Williams (8-5, 3.36 ERA) on Saturday evening.
