Cal Raleigh, Josh Naylor lead Seattle Mariners to 7-2 win over Angels
ANAHEIM, CA - SEPTEMBER 16: Cal Raleigh #29 of the Seattle Mariners celebrates during the game between the Seattle Mariners and the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 in Anaheim, California. (Tony Macon / MLB Photos / Getty Images)
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Cal Raleigh had two hits and three RBIs, Josh Naylor had two hits and two RBIs and the Seattle Mariners kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a 7-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.
Randy Arozarena also walked, singled and scored three runs for Seattle, which is 5 1/2 games behind Texas and Houston in the American League West and 6 1/2 games behind the Chicago White Sox for the third AL wild-card spot with nine games left.
It was 2-2 when Angels starter Yusei Kikuchi (1-6) walked Arozarena and Dominic Canzone with one out in the fifth. Raleigh roped an RBI double to left for a 3-2 lead, and Julio Rodriguez was walked intentionally to load the bases.
Angels first baseman Vaughn Grissom made a sliding, backhand stop of Naylor’s potential double-play grounder, but his throw to second sailed into left field for an error, two runs scoring on the play for a 5-2 Seattle lead.
Mariners reliever Carlos Vargas (1-0) struck out Josh Lowe and Christian Moore – each on three pitches — with the bases loaded to end the bottom of the fifth, and Seattle pushed the lead to 7-2 on RBI singles by Canzone and Raleigh in the sixth.
Kikuchi threw 37 pitches during a two-run, three-hit first in which the Mariners scored on Raleigh’s sacrifice fly and Naylor’s RBI single.
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Mariners RHP Bryan Woo (12-9, 3.88 ERA) was set to start Friday night against the Rockies in Colorado. Angels RHP Walbert Ureña (9-10, 2.88) was scheduled to oppose Twins RHP Taj Bradley (11-6, 3.81) on Thursday night in Anaheim.
The Source: Information in this story came from The Associated Press.
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