CHICAGO — The Seattle Mariners performed with out Julio Rodríguez, and it didn’t matter. Not one bit.
That’s the way it’s going proper now for Cal Raleigh and firm.
Raleigh homered twice and drove in six runs, and the Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox 14-2 on Monday evening for his or her seventh straight victory.
With Rodríguez resting amid a torrid stretch on the plate, Seattle used a quick begin to enhance to 32-13 since July 1. Luis Castillo (10-7) pitched seven innings of one-run ball in his third consecutive win, ending his outing with 47 straight fastballs.
“We’re having good timely hitting. We’re taking our walks. When pitchers make mistakes, we’re taking advantage of it,” Raleigh mentioned. “That’s just kind of what happens when you’re playing good clean ball.”
The Mariners (70-55) remained in third within the AL West, only a half-game again of second-place Houston. Texas is on high of the division.
PHOTOS: Cal Raleigh stars as Seattle Mariners pound Chicago White Sox 14-2 for seventh straight win
“Everybody contributing, that’s what it’s been here for the last couple weeks,” Seattle supervisor Scott Servais mentioned.
Raleigh and Teoscar Hernández opened the fifth with back-to-back homers off Touki Toussaint (1-6), growing Seattle’s result in 7-1. Raleigh added a three-run shot within the eighth in opposition to Brent Honeywell, and Dominic Canzone additionally went deep.
Raleigh upped his complete to 24 homers on the yr. It was his fifth multihomer sport of the season and No. 7 for his profession.
“It all starts on the fastball, getting ready for that pitch and being in a good position to hit,” he mentioned.
The lowly White Sox (49-76) misplaced for the seventh time in 9 video games. They have been outscored 44-18 of their final 4 video games.
All-Star heart fielder Luis Robert Jr. robbed Seattle’s Mike Ford of a possible homer with a leaping seize on the wall within the fifth. Robert was changed by Trayce Thompson earlier than the Mariners batted within the seventh, however supervisor Pedro Grifol mentioned he simply needed to offer the slugger a break.
Taking benefit of Toussaint’s management issues, Seattle pushed throughout 5 runs within the first. Toussaint issued 4 walks within the inning, and three of these baserunners got here round to attain.
J.P. Crawford hustled house on a wild pitch, and Raleigh hit a two-run double. Raleigh scored on a throwing error on catcher Yasmani Grandal, and Josh Rojas added an RBI single.
“They just waited me out,” Toussaint mentioned. “They were patient. They weren’t swinging at anything. I need to do a better job of throwing strikes, especially with teams like that who are going to be patient.”
Toussaint departed after the back-to-back homers within the fifth. The right-hander dropped to 0-3 with an 8.84 ERA in his final 4 begins.
One day after Seattle used seven relievers in a 7-6 win at Houston, Castillo turned in a crisp efficiency. Relying closely on his two-seam and four-seam fastballs, the All-Star right-hander allowed 5 hits, struck out 9 and walked none.
“Once you go out there, the game talks to you,” Castillo mentioned by means of a translator, “and it showed me the approach of how to approach these players. The approach that it told me was to go out there and attack every batter that I faced tonight.”
MAKING MOVES
White Sox slugger Eloy Jiménez went 1 for 3 with a stroll and an RBI double in his return to the lineup. Jiménez was activated from the paternity record, and right-hander Declan Cronin was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte.
Jiménez skilled some groin tightness throughout a 5-3 victory over the Cubs final week, however Grifol mentioned he was able to play.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mariners: Crawford was activated from the seven-day injured record after he was sidelined by a concussion. RHP Emerson Hancock was positioned on the 15-day IL with a proper shoulder pressure. RHP Darren McCaughan was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma, and utilityman Sam Haggerty was despatched down.
UP NEXT
Seattle rookie Bryan Woo (1-3, 4.75 ERA) faces fellow right-hander Mike Clevinger (5-5, 3.26 ERA) on Tuesday evening. Woo is making his first large league begin since Aug. 3. He had been sidelined by forearm irritation. Clevinger is 2-1 with a 1.57 ERA in his final 4 begins for Chicago.
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