J.P. Crawford's Go-Ahead Blast Caps Wild Comeback as Mariners Stun Braves 5-4

Seattle pulled off the kind of win that gets the whole ballpark on its feet Monday night. Down four runs heading into the sixth inning, the Mariners clawed back to beat Atlanta 5-4 at T-Mobile Park, with J.P. Crawford delivering the decisive two-run homer off Tyler Kinley to cap a five-run inning and extend his hitting streak to six games.

The Braves Built a Fortress, Then It Crumbled

Logan Gilbert was cruising through five innings until the Braves unloaded in the sixth. Three solo shots, back to back homers from Ozzie Albies and Matt Olson, plus one from Drake Baldwin, staked Atlanta to a 4-0 lead. Olson's blast was historic too: his 428-foot shot to left-center made him the 166th player in baseball history to reach 300 career homers. The Atlanta native has now hit 158 of them wearing a Braves uniform after six seasons with the Athletics. He's also leading the National League with 12 home runs on the season.

Gilbert finished with six innings, allowing four runs on six hits. For Atlanta, JR Ritchie kept Seattle off the board through five innings in his third career start, but he couldn't locate his fastball, walking six while striking out just two.

Seattle's Sixth-Inning Explosion Flipped Everything

After Ritchie's pitching change, consecutive walks set up Luke Raley's three-run homer in the sixth. Then Crawford stepped up with two outs, two strikes, and sent a 2-2 slider into the right-field stands to give Seattle a 5-4 lead. Josh Naylor contributed two hits for the Mariners, and Raley finished with his sixth homer of the season.

In the bullpen, Jose Ferrer pitched the seventh, Eduard Bazardo handled the eighth, and Andrés Muñoz locked it down with three outs for his seventh save. The win snapped Atlanta's four-game winning streak and kept Seattle in the hunt at home.

George Kirby takes the ball for Seattle on Tuesday with a 4-2 record and a 3.00 ERA. Atlanta counters with Bryce Elder, who's 3-1 with a 1.88 ERA. First pitch is on MLB.TV.

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