6/2/26

(Seattle, WA) Every baseball fan across the league has taken notice of the red-hot streak of winning baseball that the Seattle Mariners have been on as of late. Seven consecutive wins for the Mariners has seen them fly up the standings in the American League as they are now just one of five teams in the AL with a winning record and have shown no weaknesses in the last couple of weeks. Great hitting with outstanding pitching has made this team look like a juggernaut as they searched for their eighth win in a row on Tuesday night.

The New York Mets are the latest victims to the M’s streak as they came to Seattle on their own high with four consecutive wins. Now, the Mets were just looking to give themselves a chance at the series win by taking game two. New York would use another opener as Huascar Brazoban started the game before giving way to bulk reliever Jonah Tong. For the Mariners, Logan Gilbert would take the hill in search of his third scoreless outing in a row in his best stretch on the mound this season.

Mariners 8, Mets 3 (Game Two, June 2nd)

Logan Gilbert retired the first six batters he faced and by the time the Mets got a runner on, Seattle had already grabbed a lead. In the bottom of the 2nd, Dominic Canzone reached on a one-out single to bring Patrick Wisdom to the plate. Wisdom was getting the start at first for Josh Naylor who missed the game with back spasms, but Wisdom filled in just fine. In fact, he did what Naylor did in the opener and that his go yard. The veteran hit a 429-foot blast out to left center for his first home run as a Mariner. Two innings in and Seattle had grabbed a 2-0 lead.

New York would get some pressure on Gilbert in the 3rd as A.J. Ewing doubled with one out to become the first baserunner of the game for the Mets. Gilbert bounced back with a strikeout of Hayden Senger for the second out to turn the lineup card over to Carson Benge. The rookie had his talents on display on Tuesday as he made Gilbert pay for leaving a cutter in the middle of the plate. Benge sent it out to right for his fifth home run of the season as the Mets tied it up, 2-2.

It wouldn’t stay tied for long thanks to the Mets shaky defense on Tuesday night. In the bottom of the 3rd, Randy Arozarena hit a screaming line drive up the middle with one out. It looked like Marcus Semien had made a terrific play with a leaping catch, but the ball popped out of his glove. Semien would then make an errant throw to first, putting Arozarena on second. Luke Raley hit his own hot shot over to first that went in and out of the glove of Mark Vientos at first and down the right field line. It went down as another error as Raley moved to second and Arozarena scored an unearned run to put the Mariners back in front 3-2.

A Julio Rodríguez sacrifice fly added another run in the 4th but Seattle really opened it up against Jonah Tong in the 5th. After he struck out Luke Raley to begin the inning, Tong would give up back-to-back singles to Cole Young and Dominic Canzone to put runners on first and second. Patrick Wisdom moved them to second and third, but was retired on a groundout for the second out. Jhonny Pereda would come to the plate and after bat flipping on a single earlier, would have a much better bat flip this time around. Pereda fell behind quickly at 1-2 but fouled off three pitches, got another ball, and fouled off one more to stay alive with a 2-2 count. On the ninth pitch of the AB, Pereda kept his hands in on a pitch in off the plate and hammered it out to the Mets bullpen for his second home run of the season. Pereda is quickly becoming a fan favorite and this nine-pitch at-bat is a big reason why as his three-run blast opened it up to a 7-2 lead.

Carson Benge made it a memorable day for himself with a home run to leadoff the 6th for his second of the game and sixth of the season to make it 7-3. Logan Gilbert’s day ended shortly after that after Juan Soto singled and he walked Jared Young, but Eduard Bazardo threw one pitch to get a double play and end the inning. In the home half, Seattle got that run back and wouldn’t you know it it would be yet another home run. Julio Rodríguez was coming off his best home run month of his career and he started June on the same note. J-Rod chased a Cionel Pérez curveball below the zone but golfed it out to left center for his 13th homer of the year. That gave the M’s 21 home runs in their last eight games and also pushed Seattle’s lead to 8-3.

With a comfortable lead, Dan Wilson got to rest his high-leverage relievers outside of Bazardo as Cooper Criswell took over in the 8th. A fantastic diving stop by Colt Emerson at third helped him put up a zero in the 8th and he would be back out for the 9th after just allowing a walk in the inning. Back-to-back strikeouts of Jared Young and Mark Vientos gave Criswell two very quick outs with Brett Baty coming to the plate as the last chance for the Mets. He looked to have fouled off a pitch on a pop-up in foul territory, but an awkward sliding catch by Colt Emerson would end up on the highlight reel for the final out of the game. It was a comfortable win this time around for Seattle as they took it to the Mets for their eighth win in a row while securing their third consecutive series victory with an 8-3 win.

Notable Performances

Mets

Mariners

• Jhonny Pereda- 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, R
• Patrick Wisdom- 1-3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB
• Logan Gilbert (W, 4-4)- 5.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 SO

What’s Next

It is now eight consecutive wins for the Seattle Mariners (33-29) which is tied for the third longest since Jerry Dipoto took over as the GM in 2016. Again, they weren’t able to gain too much ground on Tuesday as the Rangers beat the Cardinals and the Athletics beat the Cubs while the Angels lost to the Rockies and the Astros fell to the Pirates. Seattle still holds the AL West lead by 2 1/2 games over Texas who have won five in a row themselves.

The Mariners will look for their third consecutive sweep in the finale of the six-game homestand on Wednesday afternoon at 12:40pm as they meet the Mets for the final time this season. Seattle is now 4-1 against the NL East after a series win against Atlanta last month. This will be the best pitching matchup of the series as New York sends first-year Met Freddy Peralta to the mound. Peralta (3-4, 3.55 ERA) was shockingly traded to the Mets from the Brewers in the offseason after a career-year in 2025. He is still having a terrific year but has seen his walks increase, meaning the M’s will have to be patient and not help out a top tier starter. Seattle will give the ball to George Kirby (5-4, 3.77 ERA) who will face the team from his home state for the fourth time in his career. The Mets have had Kirby’s number as he possesses an 8.49 ERA in 11 2/3 innings against them, including giving up seven runs on 12 hits in just 4 2/3 in Williamsport at the Little League Classic last year.

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