The Seattle Mariners dominated the New York Mets 12-1 on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball to secure the series sweep.
SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners hosted ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball for the first time in over 20 years on Sunday. And they made sure it was worth the wait .let up just one run to New York over the three-game series. The win improved the Mariners' record to 63-56 and kept them tied for first in the American League West with the Houston Astros.
The fireworks really started in the bottom of the fifth. Randy Arozarena had an RBI single and Cal Raleigh followed with a first-pitch, two-run, 415-foot homer to right-center field to bump the Mariners' lead to 4-0.Jeff McNeil guaranteed the Mets wouldn't be shut out and sent a solo home run to to right field in the top of the sixth.
Both of Raleigh's homers came with two outs. It was his eighth multi-home run game of the season — tied for the fourth-most in the league, according to Mariners PR. "That was insane," Taylor said in a postgame interview Sunday. "I was thinking about that this morning — 'man, I might on Sunday Night Baseball.' Which is obviously a dream come true. I haven't been that locked into an 11-run ball game in a while. That was a ton of fun."The Mariners just swept a playoff-caliber team on a national stage in dominant fashion. They concluded their nine-game homestead 6-3.
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