SEATTLE (AP) — Cal Raleigh homered for a 3rd straight recreation to spark the Seattle Mariners to a 3-1 win and a sweep of the Texas Rangers on Sunday.
Raleigh despatched a two-run shot out to proper discipline off Texas starter Nathan Eovaldi within the first inning.
The win brings Seattle to .500 on the season (8-8). The Mariners by no means trailed of their fourth straight victory.
Logan Gilbert (1-1) allowed only one run — a second-inning homer by Dustin Harris — in 5 innings. He surrendered three hits and a stroll, putting out seven. It was the second homer for Harris in 10 main league at-bats.
Eovaldi (1-2) didn’t make it out of the sixth. Julio Rodríguez led off with a single and Jorge Polanco reached on an error by first baseman Jake Burger. Eovaldi exited after hitting Raleigh and Randy Arozarena to pressure in a run.
Seattle’s Gabe Speier, Carlos Vargas and Trent Thornton all pitched a scoreless inning with out permitting a baserunner. Andrés Muñoz notched his sixth save with a scoreless ninth. Muñoz has not allowed a run in his first eight innings, putting out 12.
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Gilbert struggled within the first inning, permitting a one-out hit to Corey Seager earlier than a wild pitch despatched him to second base. He walked Adolis García to place runners on the corners with two outs earlier than putting out Josh Jung swinging to finish the menace.
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Raleigh confirmed off his energy within the sweep. He hit a go-ahead, two-run homer within the eighth to rally the Mariners to a 5-3 win in Friday’s opener.
Up subsequent
The Mariners have but to call a starter for Tuesday’s opener of a three-game sequence in Cincinnati. Brady Singer (3-0, 3.18 ERA) will get the nod for the Reds. The Rangers have but to call a starter for Tuesday’s opener of a three-game sequence in opposition to the visitin
