SEATTLE — Jarred Kelenic hit his tenth homer of the season and Luis Castillo pitched six scoreless innings because the Seattle Mariners routed the Oakland Athletics 11-2 on Monday night time.
Kelenic additionally singled twice and had three RBIs. Jose Caballero launched a three-run homer and Julio Rodríguez had three hits, together with two doubles, and scored thrice because the Mariners matched a season excessive for runs.
“Hitting is really contagious, I feel like. I felt like we were able to do it multiple innings this game. Sometimes I think we do it one or two innings in a game,” Kelenic stated. “Today I think you saw four, five, six innings of quality, hitting the ball really well.”
Castillo (3-2) snapped a two-start dropping streak and surpassed 1,000 strikeouts for his profession. The right-hander had eight strikeouts and two walks towards Oakland (10-39), which has misplaced 5 in a row and eight of 9.
Castillo received his 1,000th strikeout towards Shea Langeliers to open the fifth inning. When the announcement was made on the scoreboard, the group gave Castillo an prolonged standing ovation.
“It wasn’t a big reaction from me, but I saw the fans give me the ovation,” Castillo stated. “I just want to thank them for standing up and cheering for me when that happened. It was a special moment.”
PHOTOS: Kelenic, Rodríguez, Castillo lead Mariners to 11-2 rout over A’s
It was the primary win for Castillo since April 16. He allowed seven runs and 6 hits in 5 innings final day trip towards Boston.
“It’s kind of been a struggle for him, but tonight he was super aggressive and he had all his pitches working,” Seattle supervisor Scott Servais stated. “I was hoping to maybe get seven innings out of him, but we’ll take six zeros up there anytime. Great outing by him.”
The Athletics loaded the bases with two outs within the sixth, however Castillo completed his night time by getting Jace Peterson to floor out.
“We had a chance there in the sixth with Jace up and the bases loaded to get back in the game,” Oakland supervisor Mark Kotsay stated. “He executed a good changeup and got the groundout.”
Seattle led from the beginning, with Kelenic hitting a two-run homer within the first inning off Kyle Muller (1-4). Caballero adopted with a three-run shot within the second to provide the Mariners a fast 5-0 lead.
Kelenic drove in one other run with a single within the fifth. The Mariners scored a pair within the sixth and prolonged the lead with three runs within the eighth, together with a two-run single by Eugenio Suárez.
The A’s averted being shut out as Brent Rooker and Seth Brown had run-scoring groundouts within the eighth.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Athletics: Brown was reinstated from the injured listing and INF Jordan Diaz was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brown hit .200 with one residence run and two RBIs in eight video games earlier than occurring the IL on April 10 with a strained left indirect.
Mariners: INF Dylan Moore, who hasn’t performed this yr because of a core harm, will proceed his rehab task with Triple-A Tacoma after three video games with Class A Everett. There’s an opportunity he could possibly be activated throughout Seattle‘s 10-game homestand. … C Cal Raleigh has been coping with neck points and had an MRI on Monday morning. The take a look at confirmed no structural points, and Raleigh was within the beginning lineup towards Oakland.
UP NEXT
Athletics RHP Luis Medina (0-2, 6.88 ERA) will make his fourth begin of the season Tuesday night time. He’s allowed three runs over six innings in every of his final two.
Mariners LHP Marco Gonzales (3-1, 6.10) is trying to rebound after giving up eight runs in 1 2/3 innings at Boston in his final begin.
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