SEATTLE– Luke Raley hit a three-run home run to the upper deckJustin Turner’s grand slam capped Seattle’s seven-run second inning and the Mariners defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 10-2 on Friday night.
The Mariners handed Philadelphia their season-high fifth straight loss. Combined with Atlanta’s fourth consecutive win, the Phillies’ lead in the NL East has fallen to five games, Philadelphia’s smallest lead since May 28.
Given great offensive support, Seattle starter Bryan Woo went through a career-high seven shutout innings, allowing just five hits. Woo (5-1) struck out six, walked nothing and received a standing ovation after Bryson Stott’s groundout ended the seventh. It was the 14th time this season that a Seattle starter pitched at least seven innings while allowing zero runs.
In just his fifth career start, Phillies righty Tyler Phillips didn’t make it past the second inning after throwing a complete game in his last start and suffering his first loss.
Seattle started immediately when Victor Robles hit the first move of the game from Phillips about 426 feet into the left field seats to give the Mariners a 1-0 lead. It was the first of three homers allowed by Phillips, each one getting louder and louder.
Raley became just the seventh player to reach the upper deck in the stadium’s right field with his home run in the second that traveled about 459 feet. Raley was the first player to reach this part of the stadium – opened 25 years ago – since Shohei Ohtani’s 463-foot blast during the 2021 season.
And while the crowd was still buzzing about Raley’s home run, Turner reached the fourth grand slam of his career and his first home run with the Mariners after being traded to Seattle last Monday.
Seattle has now scored six runs or more in six of its last seven games, following a miserable stretch in which its offense was absent and the Mariners managed just 11 runs in six games. Mitch Haniger added a solo home run in the seventh.
Phillips (3-1) allowed five hits and was tagged for eight runs in 1 2/3 innings. He walked three, including back-to-back hits with two strikeouts that led to Turner’s grand slam.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Phillies: LHP Ranger Suárez (back soreness) threw some pitches before Friday’s game, with the possibility of throwing a bullpen in Los Angeles later in the trip. … RHP Taijuan Walker (finger) threw 41 pitches in a rehab start for Double-A Reading. He is scheduled to pitch again on Tuesday with hopes of reaching 60 pitches.
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Phillies: LHP Kolby Allard (0-0, 6.75) will make his second start. He gave up three runs in four innings in his debut last weekend against Cleveland.
Mariners: RHP Bryce Miller (8-7, 3.46) has allowed three earned runs in 19 1/3 innings spanning his last three starts.
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