The Seattle Mariners have witnessed historical past within the making, as Josh Naylor wasted no time incomes recognition alongside franchise legend Ichiro Suzuki with a feat that locations him in elite firm. On Wednesday night time, in an 8-6 win over the Chicago White Sox at T-Cell Park, he launched a 450-foot two-run homer off Chicago starter Jonathan Cannon, the longest blast of his profession and his 14th house run of the season. The homer got here on the primary pitch, a cutter that Cannon threw, persevering with a pattern the place he has used that pitch 41% of the time on first pitches to left-handers this season.
In simply 13 days for the reason that Mariners acquired Naylor on the July 25, 2025, Commerce Deadline, he has turn out to be solely the second participant in franchise historical past to document no less than two stolen bases and one house run in consecutive video games, a mark Ichiro beforehand set in September 2011.
Past his energy, Naylor’s baserunning has been distinctive. He’s now an ideal 10-for-10 in stolen base makes an attempt by simply 11 video games with Seattle. General, Naylor is the primary participant since Bobby Brown of the 1983 Padres to document no less than three house runs and eight steals in his first 12 video games with a brand new franchise.
Naylor’s contributions helped the Mariners (62-53) climb to a season-high 9 video games above .500, pulling inside two video games of each the Houston Astros for first place within the AL West and the highest AL Wild Card spot. A crowd of 32,756 witnessed Seattle clinch a sequence win in opposition to the struggling White Sox, who’re projected to lose 90+ video games this season.
Seattle’s offensive firepower continued with Julio Rodríguez crushing a three-run homer within the second inning, his twentieth of the season, making him the primary participant in MLB historical past with 20+ house runs and 20+ stolen bases in every of his first 4 seasons. Cal Raleigh additionally chipped in with a two-run single, and Eugenio Suarez added an insurance coverage run within the seventh.
On the mound, George Kirby (7-5) supplied six strong innings, permitting two runs on 5 hits whereas putting out 9. Although reliever Eduard Bazardo allowed three runs within the seventh, and nearer Andres Munoz gave up a solo homer and two walks within the ninth, Munoz managed to lock down his twenty sixth save.