DeLauter hits 4th home run in 3rd career game in Guardians’ win
SEATTLE — Rookie outfielder Chase DeLauter hit his fourth career home run to provide cleveland the lead for good in the tenth inning, and the Guardians beat the Seattle Mariners 6-5 on Friday night time.
DeLauter, who Thursday grew to become the fifth participant in the franchise’s 126-year historical past to hit a home run in his first career regular-season at-bat, prolonged his arms on an elevated fastball from Mariners nearer Andres Munoz (0-1) and deposited it past the left-field wall at T-Mobile Park for a two-run home run that made it 6-3.
DeLauter grew to become the third participant in main league historical past to hit a home run in every of his first three video games, becoming a member of Seattle’s Kyle Lewis (2019) and Colorado’s Trevor Story (4 straight in 2016). He can also be the second participant ever to have 4 homers in his first three video games, becoming a member of Story.
Julio Rodríguez hit a two-out, two-strike RBI single in the underside of the ninth inning off Cade Smith (1-0) that made it 3-3.
Luke Raley homered for the third consecutive game, a two-run shot on the backside of the tenth. Connor Brogdonwho got here on to start out the inning, struck out Leo Rivas and Cole Young to finish it and earned his first save of the season.
Mariners starter Bryan Woo he threw 5 scoreless innings earlier than Cleveland pushed two runs throughout in the sixth, first on an RBI double by José Ramírez after which on a run-scoring single by Kyle Manzardo.
Ramírez joined Tris Speaker (486) and Nap Lajoie (424) as the one gamers with 400 or extra doubles in Cleveland’s 126-year franchise historical past.
Woo pitched six innings and gave up two runs with 9 strikeouts.
Seattle’s Cal Raleigh obtained his first hit of the season with an RBI single in the primary inning. The 2025 AL MVP runner-up, Raleigh struck out in every of his first eight at-bats to start out the season.
Information from The Associated Press and ESPN Research was used in this report.
