Cal Raleigh's Hot Bat and Josh Naylor's Walk-Off Single Keep Mariners Alive Against Oakland
The Seattle Mariners are not going down quietly. Josh Naylor lined a first-pitch cutter the opposite way into left field with two outs in the ninth inning, scoring Cal Raleigh from second base to give Seattle a 5-4 walk-off win over the Athletics on Wednesday at T-Mobile Park. The victory snapped Oakland's seven-game road winning streak and kept the Mariners from getting swept in the series.
Raleigh Is On Fire
Cal Raleigh is starting to heat up at exactly the right time. The catcher went 3 for 5, his first three-hit game of the season, and crushed a solo shot to right in the third inning for his fifth homer. This marks the third consecutive game Raleigh has gone deep. Even though he's still early in the season at .198, games like this show what he's capable of when he gets going. His presence in the middle of the lineup is starting to matter more and more.
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Oakland made it interesting late. Nick Kurtz sent a hanging slider from Mariners closer Andrés Muñoz 438 feet to center field in the top of the ninth to tie the game at 4-3. It looked like extra innings were coming. But Naylor, who finished 3 for 5 and raised his batting average to .194, had other ideas. He stayed short with his swing on the first pitch and found the hole in left field to end it.
Julio Rodríguez extended his on-base streak to 19 games with a pair of singles, including an RBI groundout in the seventh that put Seattle ahead 4-3. The lineup showed some fight. Mariners starter Logan Gilbert gave up three runs in four innings but got some help from an unusual play in the first when a comebacker from Carlos Cortes lodged in his jersey and was credited as a single.
What's Next
The Mariners have won just three times in their last nine games, so the road trip to St. Louis on Friday against the Cardinals is crucial. George Kirby takes the mound for Seattle with a 3-2 record and a 2.97 ERA, facing off against Cardinals righty Andre Pallante (2-1, 4.05 ERA). Every game counts right now.
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