The Seattle Mariners secured a 10-2 victory over the Houston Astros.
Dom Canzone hit his first career grand slam. Randy Arozarena also had what was described as his best game in an M’s uniform. Bryan Woo retired the final 12 batters he faced.
Raleigh Breaks Slump
Cal Raleigh’s single in the top of the seventh inning ended an 0-for-38 slump for the Mariners’ catcher. The hit was a laser into the right-center gap off Astros reliever Jayden Murray. Teammates celebrated Raleigh reaching first base.
Woo twirled a towel from the dugout railing. The hitless streak approached Jarred Kelenic’s 0-for-42 club record from 2021.
Raleigh had not had a hit since homering on April 27 at Minnesota. He had been nursing a sore right side, which kept him out of the lineup for three games the previous week.
Raleigh was struck by a foul tip to his crotch in the bottom of the sixth inning. After a minute, he remained in the game.
Four pitches after his single, Raleigh scored on Arozarena’s double into the right-field corner. Josh Naylor presented him with the slump-busting baseball.
In his next at-bat, Raleigh singled again on a line drive to left-center.
Arozarena’s Performance
Arozarena started the scoring in the second inning with a two-run home run to the back of the Crawford Boxes in left field off Astros starter Tatsuya Imai. Arozarena finished 4 for 4 with his fourth homer of the season. He also had two doubles, three RBI, three runs, a stolen base and a hit-by-pitch.
Imai’s Struggles
With the score tied 2-2, the Mariners took advantage when Imai lost his control in the fourth inning.
Imai was activated from the injured list earlier on Tuesday. This was his first start since the Mariners tagged him for three runs in just one-third of an inning on April 10.
On Tuesday, Imai plunked Arozarena in the left hand, right after Arozarena won an ABS challenge to overturn a strike-three call. Luke Raley then was hit by a 3-2 pitch from Imai in the right foot.
The Mariners secured their ninth consecutive victory over Houston.