Cleveland Guardians at Seattle Mariners

· Major League Baseball

Cleveland Guardians

1-0, 1-0 Away

Final
6 - 4

Seattle Mariners

0-1, 0-1 Home

Rookie Chase DeLauter homers twice in 1st regular-season game, Guardians beat Mariners 6-4

Cleveland Guardians vs. Seattle Mariners: Game Highlights

DeLauter hit a home run in the first regular-season at-bat of his major league career in the top of the first. He became the fifth player in Cleveland’s 126-year franchise history to hit a home run in his first career regular-season at-bat. DeLauter is the first to do so since Jhonkensy Noel on June 26, 2024.

Seattle responded in the bottom half of the first when third baseman Brendan Donovan hit a solo shot in his first at-bat with the franchise. The Mariners St. Louis Cardinals in February. Donovan’s home run marked the first time a Mariners player hit a leadoff home run on opening day.

The Mariners took a 2-1 lead in the second on the first of two solo home runs by Dominic Canzone. But Cleveland went back in front 3-2 on a two-run double by Brayan Rocchio, and retook the lead for good on a two-run double by Jose Ramírez. in the seventh.

The seven-time All-Star went well below the strike zone to hit a slider from Mariners left-hander Gabe Speier (0-1) into the left-center gap. Guardians reliever Connor Brogdon (1-0) replaced starter Tanner Bibee, who exited the game with right shoulder inflammation in the bottom of the sixth and set the stage for Cade Smith to lock down his first save of the season.

Luke Raley also hit a home run for Seattle in the fifth. The Mariners had two hits that weren’t home runs in their first loss of the season.

Up next The teams continue the four-game series Friday night, with RHP George Kirby starting for Seattle opposite righty Gavin Williams.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Canzone lined out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Raley struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Arozarena flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Smith relieved Sabrowski
	9th Inning	Naylor grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, Manzardo out at second.
	9th Inning	Manzardo walked.

Statistics

CLE		SEA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	7
11	Strikeouts	14
6	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	4
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	5
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	2
19	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
163	Pitches	133
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
22	Total Bases	20
41	Plate Appearances	34
324.0	Projected Home Runs	648.0
6	Extra Base Hits	6
7.6	Runs Created	4.8
.316	Batting Average	.188
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.579	Slugging Percentage	.625
.342	Secondary Average	.500
.366	On Base Percentage	.235
.945	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.860
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
7.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.8
51.0	Batter Rating	38.0
19.0	At Bats Per Home Run	8.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.98	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.91
.263	Isolated Power	.438
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.14
.049	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
.026	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.313
12.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.1
96.8	MLB Rating	83.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0