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For most of Game 1 on Tuesday, the Seattle Mariners looked poised for an upset in their ALDS matchup with the top-seeded Houston Astros. Yordan Alvarez had other ideas. With his Astros facing a 7-5 deficit in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Houston slugger launched an 0-1 pitch from Robbie Ray into the right-field stands for a 3-run walk-off home run to secure an 8-7 win. The upper-deck blast concluded a rally from 4-0 and 7-3 Houston deficits to secure a 1-0 series lead for the… Source link

The 2022 MLB season is advancing into a brave new world, a 12-team postseason bracket that will decide a champion over the next month. The burst of high-stakes baseball pits eight teams against each other — Guardians-Rays, Cardinals-Phillies, Blue Jays-Mariners, Mets-Padres — for the right to advance. And it’s getting real fast. The new best-of-three wild-card series began Friday with the Padres humbling Max Scherzer and the Phillies turning the tables on St. Louis. The top seeds they… Source link

The Seattle Mariners know how to get in the spirit of “Ichiro Weekend.” With Ichiro Suzuki slated to enter the Mariners’ Hall of Fame on Saturday, the team made a whole weekend out of the occasion and started it on Friday by bringing back one of their most famous fans, “Ichiro Girl,” a.k.a. Iris Skinner. Skinner found viral fame in 2010 during a game against the New York Yankees, when Suzuki accidentally struck her in the face while trying to catch a foul ball in the right-field stands. A… Source link

The Seattle Mariners locked down rookie outfielder Julio Rodriguez with a 14-year contract extension that includes $210 million guaranteed but could grow to more than $400 million, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Rodriguez, 21, is having a wonderful rookie season after making his MLB debut this year following four years in the minor leagues. He’s currently batting .269 with a .799 OPS with 20 home runs, 23 stolen bases and 64 RBIs in 108 games with the Mariners. He won American League Rookie… Source link

Julio Rodriguez didn’t technically win the 2022 MLB Home Run Derby, but it’s hard to not call him a winner after Monday. The Seattle Mariners outfielder, the overwhelming favorite to win AL Rookie of the Year, came up short in the final with a loss to Washington Nationals star Juan Soto, but managed to double his salary this season just by reaching that far. As USA Today’s Bob Nightengale noted after the event, the $750,000 payout Rodriguez receives as runner-up is more money than he will… Source link

In his fourth game as a major leaguer, 21-year-old Julio Rodríguez, the Seattle Mariners’ top prospect coming into the year, noticed the opposition was kind of sleeping on him. Specifically, Minnesota Twins pitcher Dylan Bundy and catcher Gary Sanchez had left him largely unchecked over at first after he walked. Probably they’d seen the scouting reports, which praised his control of the strike zone, ability to adjust and “plus-plus raw power,” while tempering expectations about his… Source link

CHICAGO (AP) — Just sweat and rosin. That is Hector Santiago‘s story, and he’s sticking to it. Santiago became the first player to be ejected as part of Major League Baseball’s new foreign substance protocols when he was thrown out of the Seattle Mariners‘ 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday. Santiago was checked by the umpires as he exited in the fifth inning. His glove was confiscated, and it was later announced that Santiago had been ejected. “He was ejected for when his… Source link

Seattle Mariners pitcher Hector Santiago became the first player to be ejected under Major League Baseball’s crackdown on illegal substances on Sunday. Santiago was formally tossed in the fifth inning of the Mariners’ road game against the Chicago White Sox following an inspection of his glove. Santiago was ejected just as he was being replaced by the Mariners with the score tied at 1-1 with the bases loaded. It marked the first time a player has been thrown out of a game since MLB unveiled new… Source link

Héctor Santiago ejected, glove taken in ‘sticky stuff’ check originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The first instance of a pitcher being ejected following a “sticky stuff” check came Sunday, less than a week after MLB announced it would enforce its foreign-substance policy. Héctor Santiago of the Seattle Mariners left Sunday’s game against the Chicago White Sox and underwent the now league-mandated inspection of his hat and glove by umpires as he came off the field. The inspection ended… Source link

CHICAGO — Seattle reliever Hector Santiago was ejected after he was checked by the umpires as part of baseball’s new sticky substance protocols, and the Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Sunday in the resumption of a suspended game. Santiago was stopped as he exited in the fifth inning. His glove was confiscated, and it was later announced that Santiago had been thrown out. The 33-year-old left-hander became the first player to be ejected as part of Major League Baseball’s new… Source link