Final Night time in Baseball: Good Morning to the First-Place Seattle Mariners

There may be at all times baseball occurring — nearly an excessive amount of baseball for one particular person to comply with themselves.

Don’t fret, we’re right here that will help you by determining what you missed however should not have. Listed here are all the most effective moments from the weekend in Main League Baseball:

Mariners win by way of walk-off once more

The Mariners have gained six video games in a row, and the final two have been on walk-off hits. Even higher is how unlikely stated walk-off hits have been: on Wednesday, Leo Rivas hit a 2-run homer within the thirteenth inning to offer Seattle the win, two innings after he was introduced in as a pinch-runner and thrown out at residence. He wasn’t even speculated to be there, and he ended up the hero for utterly completely different causes.

Thursday was no much less wild, as this time across the recreation went 12 innings, and rookie Harry Ford, who had three plate appearances and no hits or RBIs or something to that time, hit a sac fly for the win. Ford was a pinch-hitter for Jose Castillo, a pitcher who had been introduced in for the highest of the inning, as a result of the Mariners had shuffled issues round earlier and misplaced the DH when Jorge Polanco moved from there to second base as a result of the flurry of win-it-now strikes made within the prior inning had emptied out the bench.

Even earlier than that occurred, although, this was a back-and-forth affair. The sport went to extras tied 4-4, and neither group scored within the tenth. Within the eleventh, the visiting Angels received on the board, and the Mariners matched them within the backside of the body because of J.P Crawford singling in Luke Raley from second.

The Angels, undeterred, scored once more within the high of the twelfth because of a Matthew Lugo single, however Seattle answered again once more within the backside of the inning, when Jorge Polanco — once more, now the second baseman — hit an RBI double to even issues up 5-5. 

After which got here Ford pinch-hitting for Castillo. A sac fly isn’t stunning, nevertheless it counts the identical on the scoreboard, particularly when all you want is the one run.

Let’s not let the straight-up weirdness of the sport be overshadowed, both: this one matchup featured umpire interference, a batter hitting the catcher with the follow-through on their swing and a catcher’s interference. Chaos!

With the Astros shedding, the Mariners are actually tied for the AL West lead at 79-68. The Rangers are simply two video games again of each golf equipment for each the ultimate wild card spot and the division. We have now ourselves an precise race with penalties past seeding occurring within the AL, of us, and and simply over two weeks left to see it by way of.

Phillies sweep the Mets

The Mets almost prevented a sweep, going up 4-0 on the Phillies within the first inning after which holding them scoreless for 5 innings. Philadelphia finally answered again, although, and with authority, scoring six unanswered runs within the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. That rating would maintain, too: the Mets might need gotten to starter Jesus Luzardo early, however he pitched seven scoreless frames after that, and nearer Jhoan Duran shut the door within the ninth.

Otto Kemp was the opposite star of the day for Philadelphia, with a pair of hits and three of the group’s RBIs, in addition to a pair of runs scored. His 2-run homer off of David Peterson within the fourth inning is what first put the Phillies on the board, and a double within the sixth tied up the sport 4-4. Former Met and 2025 commerce deadline acquisition Harrison Bader put the Phillies up for good with a single that scored Kemp that very same inning.

You’re going to see a complete lot of “What’s improper with the Mets?” on the market after they have been swept by the Phillies, however typically, the opposite group is simply higher. The Phillies have been higher than the Mets for many of 2025. They have been higher than them, and definitively so so far as the common season goes, on this four-game sequence. The Mets have Juan Soto, they’ve Pete Alonso, they’ve Francisco Lindor, however their pitching isn’t the place Philadelphia’s is but, and that’s most likely the foremost distinction between the 2.

That each one being stated, it’s not as if the Mets can’t compete with the Phillies: New York swept them at residence not all that way back, and if the 2 face off in October, not all the video games will likely be performed in Philly. The Mets simply need to get to significant October baseball first, is all: New York is simply 1.5 up for the ultimate wild card spot within the NL, 

Decide bashes his strategy to historical past

“The place have you ever gone, Joe DiMaggio?” To fifth place, subsequent time Aaron Decide goes deep. Decide simply handed Yogi Berra for fifth on the all-time homers listing for the Yankees, however DiMaggio was proper there in entrance of him, two homers away, and he received each of them on Thursday evening.

His forty fifth of the season got here early, as Decide hit a solo shot within the first off of Tigers’ starter Tyler Holton.

And it didn’t take overly lengthy for the second, tying dinger of the night, with Decide sending his forty sixth of the 12 months and 361st of his profession into orbit within the third to place New York up 4-1.

Yet another, and Decide is securely in fourth on his personal, with DiMaggio in fifth. It’s going to take a while for Decide to maneuver up additional than this, regardless of the current speedy ascension. Lou Gehrig is subsequent up, at 493 homers. Even for Decide that’s greater than a few seasons away from occurring.

Talking of residence run historical past

Mike Trout lastly hit residence run quantity 399 of his profession, after a 28-game stretch with out one. Or a lot of something, actually, as Trout had only a .635 OPS over these video games. 

Trout, not solely briefly tied the sport for the Angels earlier than no matter magic the Mariners have occurring got here storming again, however is now one dinger shy of being simply the sixtieth participant in MLB historical past to succeed in 400 homers. Enjoyable little story, to point out you ways tough it’s to make it up this listing of the all-time residence run leaders: over 1,000 gamers in MLB historical past have hit not less than 100 residence runs, however simply 389 have made it to 200 and of these 164 reached 300. Trout will make 60 for 400, however whether or not he makes it to 500 is anybody’s guess: it would appear to be there are tons of 500-homer hitters as a result of we had a run of them for a couple of years there, however there are simply 28 ever — there are extra hitters with 3,000-career hits than with 500 homers!

What a slide!

The Rockies might need misplaced to the Padres 2-0 of their sequence opener, however don’t let that consequence take away from this magical slide by Mickey Moniak.

Gradual-motion replay is a part of the magic right here, in fact, however Moniak’s physique did that. In real-time! Baseball gamers are one thing else.

The Guardians aren’t lifeless but

Cleveland won’t win a wild card spot, however they aren’t giving up on that dream simply but. They sit 3.5 again of the Mariners and Astros after a victory on Thursday evening, dropped at them by an eighth-inning, 2-run residence run by C.J. Kayfus

Nice information for the Guardians, and horrible for the Royals, who very effectively might need their the final of their hopes for their very own playoff spot dashed with that swing. Kansas Metropolis is now 5 again of the Astros and Mariners, and it appears unlikely that they might leapfrog the Guardians, Rangers, after which whichever of the AL West leaders falters with all of 15 video games left on their schedule. Not unattainable! However unlikely: their already-low playoff odds, per Baseball Reference, now sit at below 1%, a 12 percentage-point drop within the final week.

The Guardians are barely hanging on, at 8% in the event you spherical up, nevertheless it’s going to be lots simpler for them to extend their postseason odds at this level than for the Royals — hell, they’re solely at 8% as is as a result of that determine quadrupled within the final week: the Guardians have gained six of their final seven.

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