Dominic Canzone delivered a tiebreaking RBI single during a five-run seventh inning for the Seattle Mariners on Friday night to help the visitors snap a two-game skid and put away the reeling New York Mets 11-9 in the opener of a three-game interleague series.
The Mariners laced a team-record nine doubles and finished with 16 hits overall as they improved to 10-3 this month. Cal Raleigh hit his MLB-leading 46th homer in the third, a two-run shot that also made him the first player to reach 100 RBIs this season. He added two doubles later in the game.
Caleb Ferguson (3-2), the third of seven Mariners pitchers, earned the win with a perfect sixth.
Francisco Lindor was 3-for-4 with two homers — including a leadoff shot in the first inning — and four RBIs for the Mets, who have lost 14 of their last 16. Francisco Alvarez was 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs, while Juan Soto homered in the fourth.
Each team blew two leads over the first six innings before the Mariners went ahead for good against Ryan Helsley (3-4) and Brooks Raley in the seventh.
Eugenio Suarez chased Helsley by doubling home Raleigh to tie the game with one out and scored on Canzone’s single off Raley. Mitch Garver walked, and Donovan Solano followed with an RBI double.
One out later, Cole Young recorded his third hit of the game, a two-run double, to extend the lead to 10-6.
Julio Rodriguez had his second RBI double in the eighth before the Mets rallied in the home half, when Alvarez hit an opposite-field, three-run homer off Jackson Kowar.
But Matt Brash struck out Ronny Mauricio and got Lindor to pop out to third before Andres Munoz notched his 29th save of the season with a perfect ninth.
Garver homered in the second for the Mariners. Every starter had at least one hit except J.P. Crawford.
Mariners starter Luis Castillo gave up six runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out five over four innings. Mets starter Sean Manaea allowed four runs on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over five innings.
–Field Level Media
