Cal Raleigh hit two house runs, his main league-leading thirty fourth and thirty fifth of the season, because the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 Friday afternoon within the opener of a three-game interleague sequence.
Randy Arozarena and Dylan Moore additionally went deep and Bryan Woo (8-4) pitched six scoreless innings for Seattle, which snapped the Pirates’ six-game profitable streak.
Raleigh surpassed his profession excessive for homers, set final 12 months when he hit 34, and tied the franchise document for many earlier than the All-Star break, established by Ken Griffey Jr. in 1998.
After Julio Rodriguez reached base on an error, Raleigh hit a two-run shot within the first inning that landed three rows from the highest of the second deck in left subject. The ball traveled 433 toes at 115.2 mph, the toughest hit of Raleigh’s profession.
Arozarena went the other manner on a solo shot with one out within the fourth, the ball sneaking simply inside the suitable subject foul pole. It was his fifth homer over the previous 5 video games.
Raleigh elevated the result in 4-0 within the sixth on a two-out fly ball that simply cleared the fence in left-center subject.
Moore, mired in a 1-for-38 hunch, lined a two-run shot into the Pirates’ bullpen in left subject with one out within the seventh off Braxton Ashcraft to make it 6-0.
Woo allowed three hits — all by Nick Gonzales — walked two and struck out eight. Woo has gone a minimum of six innings in all 17 of his begins this season, the one pitcher within the majors to have performed so.
Pirates starter Bailey Falter (6-4) allowed simply three hits over 5 2/3 innings, however all of them cleared the outfield fence. Falter gave up 4 runs (three earned), did not stroll a batter and fanned 4.
The Pirates’ pitching workers, which shut out St. Louis in every of the earlier three video games, had a 31-inning scoreless streak snapped.
–Area Degree Media
