Seattle Mariners vs Minnesota Twins Match Player Stats On Jul 25, 2023

Julio Rodriguez belted two home runs and Eugenio Suarez hit a go-ahead, two-run double to highlight a three-run ninth as the Seattle Mariners rallied for a 9-7 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.

Cade Marlowe hit his first major league home run to go along with a double and two runs, and Cal Raleigh added two hits for Seattle, which snapped a two-game losing streak. Matt Brash (5-3) picked up the win with one inning of scoreless relief and Paul Sewald garnered his 20th save.

Matt Wallner and Michael A. Taylor homered, Edouard Julien and Willi Castro each had an RBI triple, and Max Kepler had two hits and two runs for Minnesota, which saw a four-game winning streak end. Oliver Ortega (0-1) suffered the loss by giving up all three runs in the ninth.

Trailing 6-2, Seattle rallied to tie the game with a four-run eighth. Twins reliever Jovani Moran issued back-to-back walks to J.P. Crawford and Suarez to start the inning, and Raleigh followed with an RBI double.

Emilio Pagan replaced Moran and Teoscar Hernandez drove in Suarez with a groundout. Rodriguez followed with a two-run blast -- his 16th homer of the season -- to make it 6-6.

Marlowe led off the ninth with a walk against Ortega, stole second and went to third on a bunt single by Kolten Wong. After Crawford was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Suarez doubled to bring home a pair and give Seattle an 8-6 lead.

Hernandez's sacrifice fly later in the inning gave the Mariners a three-run lead.

Taylor led off the bottom of the ninth with his 12th home run to pull the Twins within two, but Sewald retired the next three batters to end the game.

Minnesota jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning against Seattle starter George Kirby. Julien ripped an RBI triple to center and scored on Kepler's single before Wallner sent a two-run homer to the right field seats.

Rodriguez cut Seattle's deficit to 4-1 with a solo home run in the second. The Twins extended their lead to 5-1 in the third when Castro hit his run-scoring triple.

Marlowe made it 5-2 with his milestone homer in the fifth, but the Twins answered with a sacrifice fly by Donovan Solano in the sixth.

Kirby allowed five runs on seven hits in four innings; Minnesota starter Pablo Lopez gave up two runs on six hits in seven innings. Each walked a batter while Kirby struck out nine, one more than Lopez.

--Field Level Media