MLB

Seattle Mariners at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball
Seattle Mariners
38-37, 18-18 Away
Final
7 - 10
Chicago Cubs
46-30, 25-14 Home

Happ homers twice as the Cubs hold off Raleigh and the Mariners for a 10-7 win

Red-hot Cal Raleigh becomes MLB's first player to 30 HR

Raleigh opened the ninth inning with his major league-leading 30th homer after he also went deep twice on Friday. Luke Raley hit a two-out single for Seattle, but Daniel Palencia closed it out when he retired Donovan Solano on a foul popup.

Michael Busch, Kyle Tucker and Pete Crow-Armstrong also homered for Chicago on a 94-degree day at Wrigley Field with a 20-mph wind blowing toward center field. Brad Keller (3-0) got five outs for the win for the NL Central leaders.

Solano and Raley each had three hits and two RBI for Seattle, which won 9-4 in the series opener on Friday.

Happ drove Emerson Hancock's first pitch of the game over the wall in left-center for his 10th homer. Tucker went deep on Hancock's third pitch for his first homer since June 9 and No. 14 on the year.

Happ became the first player to hit a leadoff homer for the Cubs in consecutive games since Anthony Rizzo in June 2017.

Happ added a three-run shot in the second, lifting Chicago to a 6-1 lead. He has four homers in his last three games.

Busch hit a three-run homer in the third, and Crow-Armstrong connected for a solo shot in the fifth against Zach Pop. It was Crow-Armstrong's team-high 21st homer.

Hancock (3-3) was tagged for nine runs in four innings.

The Mariners cut it to 9-6 in the fifth, scoring three unearned runs following Vidal Bruján’s throwing error on Randy Arozarena’s grounder.

Home plate umpire Chad Whitson left after five innings. The game continued with Dexter Kelley behind the plate.

Seattle reliever Trent Thornton wobbled on the mound with one out in the eighth. He was helped off by training staff.

Key moment Keller entered two runners on and none out in the sixth, then struck out the side.

Key stat Happ has two multihomer games this season and 17 for his career.

Up next Mariners right-hander Logan Gilbert (1-2, 2.55 ERA) faces Cubs right-hander Colin Rea (4-2, 3.84 ERA) on Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Solano fouled out to catcher.
9th Inning Raley singled to right.
9th Inning Arozarena struck out swinging.
9th Inning Polanco popped out to first.
9th Inning Raleigh homered to left center (363 feet).
9th Inning Palencia relieved Thielbar

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
2 Hit By Pitch 1
16 Ground Balls 8
8 Strikeouts 10
6 Runs Batted In 10
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
14 Hits 9
0 Stolen Bases 0
2 Walks 5
0 Catcher Interference 0
7 Runs 10
2 Ground Into Double Play 0
1 Sacrifice Flies 0
38 At Bats 33
1 Home Runs 5
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
21 Runners Left On Base 10
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
3 Doubles 2
15 Fly Balls 15
0 Caught Stealing 0
162 Pitches 175
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
20 Total Bases 26
43 Plate Appearances 39
162.0 Projected Home Runs 810.0
4 Extra Base Hits 7
7.6 Runs Created 9.5
.368 Batting Average .273
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.526 Slugging Percentage .788
.211 Secondary Average .667
.419 On Base Percentage .385
.945 OBP Pct + SLG Pct 1.172
1.1 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.5
7.6 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 10.7
49.0 Batter Rating 68.0
38.0 At Bats Per Home Run 6.6
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.77 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.49
.158 Isolated Power .515
0.25 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.50
.047 Walks Per Plate Appearance .128
-.158 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .394
13.0 Runs Produced 20.0
0.9 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.6 Patience Ratio 0.9
0.4 Balls In Play Average 0.2
99.3 MLB Rating 107.0
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Wrigley Field

Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 39,047 | Capacity:
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