Guardians’ Chase DeLauter hits 4th home run in 3rd career game, Guardians beat Mariners 6-5

Rookie outfielder Chase DeLauter hit his fourth career home run to give Cleveland the lead for good in the 10th inning, and the Guardians beat the Seattle Mariners 6-5 on Friday night.

DeLauter, who on Thursday became the fifth player in the franchise’s 126-year history to homer in his first career regular-season at-bat, reached out on an elevated fastball from Mariners closer Andrés Muñoz (0-1) and deposited it over the left-field wall at T-Mobile Park for a two-run homer that made it 6-3.

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DeLauter became the third player in major league history to homer in each of his first three games, joining Seattle’s Kyle Lewis (2019) and Colorado’s Trevor Story (four straight in 2016).

Julio Rodríguez had a two-out, two-strike RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning against Cade Smith (1-0), making it 3-3.

Luke Raley homered for the third straight game, a two-run shot in the bottom of the 10th. Connor Brogdon, who started the inning, struck out Leo Rivas and Cole Young to end it and earned his first save of the season.

Mariners starter Bryan Woo pitched five scoreless innings before Cleveland pushed two runs in in the sixth, first on an RBI double by José Ramírez and then on a run-scoring single by Kyle Manzardo.

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Ramírez joined Tris Speaker (486) and Nap Lajoie (424) as the only players with 400 or more doubles in the 126-year history of the Cleveland franchise.

Woo pitched six innings and allowed two runs with nine strikeouts.

Seattle’s Cal Raleigh got his first hit of the season with an RBI single in the first inning. A 2025 AL MVP finalist, Raleigh struck out in each of his first eight at-bats to start the season.

To be continued

Slade Cecconi gets the ball for the Guardians in the final game of the four-game series against Emerson Hancock in the season opener for both starters.