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03/27 23:35 CDT Raley homers, Mariners snatch 1st win of the season in 5-1
victory against Guardians
Raley homers, Mariners snatch 1st win of the season in 5-1 victory against
Guardians
By ANDREW DESTIN
AP Sports Writer
SEATTLE (AP) --- Luke Raley hit his second home run in as many games as the
Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-1 on Friday night for their
first win of the season.
Raley, who hit only four home runs last season in an injury-plagued year,
walloped a belt-high cutter from Guardians reliever Colin Holderman and hit it
390 feet to plate a pair and give the reigning AL west champions a 5-1 lead.
Seattle jumped out in front in the fourth inning when Cole Young hit a
three-run shot to right field off Guardians starter Gavin Williams (0-1). The
second-year second baseman cranked a fastball from Williams that ran over the
heart of the plate and deposited it into the bleachers in right-center field.
The Guardians, who won Thursday's game 6-4 thanks in large part to a pair of
home runs by rookie Chase DeLauter, benefited from another home run by the top
prospect on Friday.
In the first inning, DeLauter launched a 1-0 slider by Seattle starter George
Kirby (1-0) and hit it 360 feet to right field. He is the third player since at
least 1900 with three home runs in his first two career regular-season games,
joining Trevor Story (2016) and Joe Cunningham (1954).
That was all the offense Cleveland could muster against Kirby, who only allowed
one more hit over his six innings of work. Cleveland loaded the bases against
Kirby with one out in the fifth inning, but Rhys Hoskins tried to score from
third base on a shallow fly ball and was thrown out at home plate by Randy
Arozarena.
Kirby struck out six and walked two.
Up next
LHP Joey Cantillo takes the mound for the Guardians in the third game of the
four-game series opposite Mariners RHP Bryan Woo.
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