Seattle Mariners at Atlanta Braves

· Major League Baseball

Seattle Mariners

75-68, 34-41 Away

Final
18 - 2

Atlanta Braves

64-79, 34-35 Home

Raleigh hits major league-leading 53rd homer, Mariners rout Braves 18-2 with most runs since 2012

Eugenio Suárez homered twice, raising his season total to 45, and Jorge Polanco and Josh Naylor also went deep as the Mariners hit five homers in consecutive games for the second time in team history, the first since May 20-21, 1994.

Polanco and Naylor homered in an eight-run third inning and Raleigh hit a three-run drive in a seven-run ninth, giving him 113 RBI. Suárez hit a solo homer in the sixth and a two-run shot in the ninth.

Seattle had its most runs since beating Texas 21-8 on May 30, 2012, and its most hits since getting 20 in that game against the Rangers. The Mariners won consecutive games for the first time since Aug. 24 against the Athletics and the following day vs. San Diego.

Seattle (75-68) has a 1 1/2-game lead over Texas (74-70) for the third and last AL wild card. The Rangers lost for the third time in four games following a six-game winning streak.

Luis Castillo (9-8) allowed one run and four hits in six innings.

Atlanta scratched scheduled starter Spencer Strider on Sunday morning and pushed him back to Tuesday against the Chicago Cubs.

Joey Wentz (5-6) gave up eight runs, matching his career high, and eight hits in 2 1/3 innings.

Key moment After Raleigh singled in the third, Julio Rodríguez hit a sharp potential double-play grounder that deflected off third baseman Nacho Alvarez Jr.'s left thigh and into left for a three-run double that put the Mariners ahead 4-0.

Key stat Castillo won for the first time since July 28 after going 0-2 with a 7.31 ERA in his previous six starts.

Up next Mariners: RHP Bryan Woo (12-7, 3.02 ERA) starts at home on Monday night against St. Louis RHP Miles Mikolas (7-10, 4.89).

Braves: RHP Bryce Elder (6-9, 5.54) starts Monday night's series opener against the Cubs and LHP Shoto Imanaga (6-9, 3.15).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Fraley struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	M. Harris II hit sacrifice fly to left, Albies scored.
	9th Inning	Allen flied out to center, Albies to third.
	9th Inning	Baldwin walked, Albies to second.
	9th Inning	Albies safe at first on fielding error by first baseman Raley.
	9th Inning	Jackson relieved Hancock

Statistics

SEA		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
7	Strikeouts	7
17	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
20	Hits	6
2	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
18	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
45	At Bats	31
5	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	11
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	1
185	Pitches	131
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
39	Total Bases	9
51	Plate Appearances	34
810.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
8	Extra Base Hits	1
16.3	Runs Created	1.4
.444	Batting Average	.194
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.867	Slugging Percentage	.290
.533	Secondary Average	.129
.490	On Base Percentage	.235
1.357	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.526
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
16.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.4
113.5	Batter Rating	17.0
9.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.63	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.85
.422	Isolated Power	.097
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
.089	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.065
35.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.9	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.2
147.0	MLB Rating	70.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0