Seattle Mariners at San Diego Padres

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Seattle Mariners

26-19, 13-8 Away

Final
6 - 1

San Diego Padres

27-18, 16-8 Home

Even Flow: Arozarena and the Mariners beat the Padres 6-1 to sweep opening series of the Vedder Cup

The Mariners homered six times and outscored the Padres 15-3 in the three-game series. If needed, run differential will be the first tiebreaker in the Vedder Cup, named after Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, who has ties to both cities. The two teams, who share a spring training complex, formalized the competition in March. The winner gets a trophy featuring a guitar provided by Vedder, who was born in a Chicago suburb and is a Cubs fan. The teams play again Aug. 25-27 in Seattle.

Bryan Woo (5-1) settled down after giving up a leadoff homer on an 0-2 count to Fernando Tatis Jr., his 12th. Only one Padres player reached scoring position against Woo, who allowed one run and five hits in seven innings. He struck out five, walked none and retired his final 11 batters and 16 of his last 17.

The Padres were 0 for 21 with runners in scoring position in the series.

King (4-2) held the Padres hitless until Arozarena lined a 2-2 pitch to left with two outs in the fourth for his sixth homer. The Mariners followed with four more consecutive hits, including a ground-rule RBI double by Leody Taveras and a single by Miles Mastrobuoni that ticked off King's glove.

Arozarena reached on a two-base fielding error by Tatis in right field leading off the sixth and scored on Mitch Garver's one-out single

King allowed four runs, three earned, and six hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out eight and walked one.

Key moment Arozarena started the Mariners' scoring with his ninth career homer at Petco Park and second against San Diego.

Key stat While with Tampa Bay, Arozarena hit seven home runs at Petco Park during the 2020 AL playoff bubble — three against the Yankees in a division series win and four against the Astros in the ALCS win.

Up next Mariners RHP Luis Castillo (3-3, 3.65 ERA) is scheduled to start Monday night in the opener of a three-game series at the Chicago White Sox. The Padres haven't announced a starter for Tuesday night's series opener at Toronto.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Cronenworth popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Merrill to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Sheets flied out to right, Machado to third.
	9th Inning	Bogaerts lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Merrill walked, Machado to second.
	9th Inning	Machado walked.

Statistics

SEA		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	12
12	Strikeouts	5
6	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
164	Pitches	124
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	10
41	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	1
4.9	Runs Created	1.9
.229	Batting Average	.219
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.400	Slugging Percentage	.313
.314	Secondary Average	.156
.317	On Base Percentage	.265
.717	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.577
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
4.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.9
41.0	Batter Rating	14.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.65
.171	Isolated Power	.094
0.42	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.122	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
.086	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.063
12.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
84.8	MLB Rating	71.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0