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05/08 21:58 CDT Raley hits grand slam and 3-run homer as Mariners outslug
Murakami and White Sox in 12-8 win
Raley hits grand slam and 3-run homer as Mariners outslug Murakami and White
Sox in 12-8 win
CHICAGO (AP) --- Luke Raley drove in a career-high seven runs with his first
grand slam and a three-run homer to power the Seattle Mariners to a 12-8
victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.
Josh Naylor also hit a three-run shot and Julio Rodrguez put Seattle ahead for
good with a leadoff drive in the fifth inning.
Chicago rookie Munetaka Murakami became the first player in major league
history to homer in the first game of eight straight series, smacking a solo
shot off Emerson Hancock (3-1) in the first. It was Murakami's 15th homer,
tying Yankees slugger Aaron Judge for the major league lead.
Hall of Famer Eddie Murray homered in the opener of seven consecutive series
for Baltimore in 1987.
Raley hit an 0-2 pitch from Sean Burke (2-3) for a grand slam in the third that
gave the Mariners a 5-1 lead. They scored their first run when Cole Young was
hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the second.
Raley also homered off Tyler Davis --- his eighth this season --- with two on
in the seventh for a 9-5 advantage. He became the first Seattle player with a
grand slam and a three-run homer in the same game since Nelson Cruz at Toronto
on July 23, 2016.
Rodrguez hit his sixth homer in the fifth for a 6-5 lead. Burke allowed six
runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Naylor homered for the fifth time this season, a three-run drive off Trevor
Richards to make it 12-5 in the eighth. Naylor and Randy Arozarena both had
three hits in Seattle's highest-scoring game this season.
Colson Montgomery had a three-run double to cap a four-run third for the White
Sox that tied it 5-all. Jarred Kelenic hit an RBI single and Tristan Peters
doubled home a run in the eighth off Alex Hoppe.
Pinch-hitter Randal Grichuk homered off Josh Simpson in the ninth.
Hancock gave up five runs in six innings.
Brendan Donovan came off the injured list and went 1 for 5 in his first game
for Seattle since April 17. Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh was 0 for 5 and is
hitless in 25 at-bats dating to April 27.
Up next
Mariners RHP Luis Castillo (0-3, 6.29 ERA) starts Saturday opposite White Sox
LHP Anthony Kay (1-1, 5.70).
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