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08/22 22:23 CDT Arozarena's walk-off homer gives Mariners 5-4 win over Cubs in
Anderson's MLB debut
Arozarena's walk-off homer gives Mariners 5-4 win over Cubs in Anderson's MLB
debut
By ANDREW DESTIN
AP Sports Writer
SEATTLE (AP) --- Randy Arozarena hit a walk-off, two-run home run as the
Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago Cubs 5-4 on Saturday night.
Arozarena took Cubs closer Jacob Webb (6-3) 404 feet to straightaway center to
seal the come-from-behind victory for Seattle. The Mariners trailed 4-2
entering the ninth inning, and pulled within one run on a two-out, RBI single
by Leo Rivas.
Kade Anderson made his much-anticipated MLB debut, yielding three earned runs
across 5 2/3 innings. The 22-year-old Anderson entered the game as one of the
top pitching prospects in baseball. Anderson, the third overall pick in 2025,
became the first player from his draft class to make his big league debut on
Saturday.
Mariners reliever Michael Rucker (1-4) earned his first win of the season.
Seattle (62-68) moved three games behind Houston in the AL West and two games
back for the final wild-card spot. The Cubs (74-56) dropped to a 4 1/2 -game
lead in the NL wild card.
Chicago struck first against Anderson in the fifth inning on a sacrifice fly by
Kevin Alcntara. Seattle led twice before the Cubs' three-run sixth inning,
first taking a 1-0 advantage on a leadoff home run by Arozarena and then on an
RBI groundout by Dominic Canzone in the fifth inning.
Mariners utilityman Brendan Donovan was a late scratch because he was hit in
the head by a baseball in the batting cages before Saturday's game. Weston
Wilson started in his place at third base and batted eighth.
Up next
Mariners RHP Bryce Miller (4-7, 3.71) will start opposite Cubs LHP Shota
Imanaga (8-9, 3.77) in Sunday's series finale.
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