SEATTLE (AP) — Luke Raley hit a three-run home run to the top of the plate, Justin Turner’s grand slam capped Seattle’s seven-run second inning and the Mariners beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-2 on Friday night.
The Mariners gave Philadelphia their fifth consecutive season record lossCombined with Atlanta’s fourth straight win, the Phillies’ lead in the NL East has fallen to five games, Philadelphia’s smallest lead since May 28.
With plenty of offensive support, Seattle starter Bryan Woo sailed through a career-high seven shutout innings with just five hits. Woo (5-1) struck out six, walked none and drew a standing ovation after Bryson Stott’s fly out ended the seventh inning. It was the 14th time this season that a Seattle starter went at least seven innings and allowed no runs.
“It’s been a tough year watching the rest of the staff do what they’ve done and stay healthy and just be horses,” said Woo, who has been on the injured list twice. “That’s all I really try to do, just contribute and be that for the team.”
In only his fifth career start, Phillies right-hander Tyler Phillips didn’t make it past the second inning after throwing a complete shutout in his last game and suffering his first loss.
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“I think it was the whole game, things going down, the command going down,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. “That’s what I attribute it to. He’ll get another start.”
Seattle got things started right away when Victor Robles drove Phillips’ first pitch of the game an estimated 426 feet into the left-field benches to give the Mariners a 1-0 lead. It was the first of three homers Phillips allowed, which grew louder and louder.
Raley became just the seventh player to reach the upper deck in right field with his second-inning home run that traveled an estimated 459 feet. Raley was the first player to reach that part of the stadium — which opened 25 years ago — since Shohei Ohtani’s 463-foot hit during the 2021 season.
“That ball has come a long way. I want to know what that feels like and I know I’ll never know,” Turner said.
Raley suffered a major slump in July, hitting just .129 and hitting only five extra-base hits.
“I think I’m mostly fighting my timing and when you get one like that to right field, you know you’re going to be back in time,” Raley said. “You just have to build on it.”
While the crowd was still reveling in Raley’s home run, Turner hit his fourth career grand slam and his first home run for the Mariners since being traded to Seattle last Monday.
Seattle has now scored six or more runs in six of its last seven games after a miserable stretch in which the offense was lacking and the Mariners managed just 11 runs in six games. Mitch Haniger added a solo homer in the seventh.
Phillips (3-1) allowed five hits and was tagged for eight runs in 1 2/3 innings. He issued three walks, including consecutive batters with two outs that led to Turner’s grand slam.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Phillies: LHP Ranger Suárez (back pain) pitched some before Friday’s game with the possibility of throwing a bullpen in Los Angeles later in the road trip. … RHP Taijuan Walker (finger) threw 41 pitches in a rehab start for Double-A Reading. He is scheduled to pitch again Tuesday with hopes of reaching 60 pitches.
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Phillies: Philadelphia announced after the game that RHP Orion Kerkering (2-2, 2.21) would start. It is the second time this season that Kerkering starts a game.
Sailors: RHP Bryce Miller (8-7, 3.46) has allowed three earned runs in 19 1/3 innings in his last three starts.
