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06/02 23:51 CDT Mariners smack 3 home runs in 8-3 victory over Mets for
season-high 8th straight win
Mariners smack 3 home runs in 8-3 victory over Mets for season-high 8th
straight win
By ANDREW DESTIN
AP Sports Writer
SEATTLE (AP) --- Patrick Wisdom hit his first home run this season, Jhonny
Pereda went deep for the second time in the major leagues and the Seattle
Mariners beat the New York Mets 8-3 on Tuesday night for their season-high
eighth straight victory.
The Mariners (33-29) improved to a season-best four games over .500 on the
strength of another stellar offensive performance. Seattle smacked three home
runs, increasing its total to 21 during a winning streak that is the team's
longest since rattling off eight consecutive victories in September last season.
Wisdom got the Mariners on the board in the second inning with a two-run shot
off Mets opener Huascar Brazobn. It was Wisdom's first home run since Sept.
21, 2024, with the Chicago Cubs.
New York tied it in the third on a two-run homer by rookie Carson Benge, who
added a solo shot off Logan Gilbert (4-4) in the sixth. It was the first
multi-homer game of Benge's major league career.
Gilbert allowed three runs and struck out eight in 5 1/3 innings.
Seattle supplied the rest of the offense. Julio Rodrguez, who homered in the
sixth, lofted a sacrifice fly in the fourth off Jonah Tong (1-1) to score
Wisdom.
Rodrguez's 13th homer tied him with Luke Raley for the team lead. Rodrguez
led the American League with 10 home runs in May.
Pereda, who hit his first career home run on May 20, connected for a three-run
drive against Tong that made it 7-2 in the fifth.
The Mariners were minus first baseman Josh Naylor, who was out of the lineup
after exiting Monday night's victory over the Mets with back spasms.
Up next Mariners right-hander George Kirby (5-4, 3.77 ERA) starts Wednesday afternoon opposite Mets righty Freddy Peralta (3-4, 3.55). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB |
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