Tampa Bay Rays at Seattle Mariners

· Major League Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays

57-62, 25-32 Away

Final
3 - 6

Seattle Mariners

66-53, 37-25 Home

Ryan Vilade’s 3-run home run, Ben Williamson’s 4 hits lead Rays to a 6-1 victory over Mariners

Ichiro throws first pitch to Randy Johnson at Mariners game

Vilade’s line drive off Gabe Speier broke open a 2-1 game with two out in the seventh, scoring Aranda and Junior Caminero. The first pinch-hit homer of Vilade’s career, it came after Seattle intentionally walked Caminero.

Williamson, drafted by the Mariners in 2023 and traded to Tampa Bay in February, knotted the game in the second with a double that scored Chandler Simpson from first. Williamson then scored an insurance run in the eighth as the Rays handed Seattle its fifth straight loss, tying a season high.

Tampa Bay, meanwhile, padded the American League’s best record to remain four games in front of the New York Yankees in the AL East.

Back-to-back doubles in the third, including a gapper from Aranda to plate Yandy Díaz, gave the Rays their first lead, 2-1.

Seattle held a 1-0 advantage when Cole Young scored on Colt Emerson’s second-inning sac fly. But the Mariners never saw another runner reach third base as Garrett Jax (5-6) and the three Rays relievers combined to retire 19 of the final 23.

The Mariners were 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position and are 0 for 20 in their last three games.

Evan Longoria was inducted into the Rays Hall of Fame in a pregame ceremony, which delayed the first pitch by 25 minutes. The event drew 22,597, Tropicana Field’s highest attendance since Tampa Bay beat the Cubs in the April 6 home opener. The franchise will retire Longoria’s No. 3 on Sunday.

Logan Gilbert (7-6) fanned Jonny DeLuca in the second to become the fifth ever to reach 1,000 strikeouts in a Mariners uniform.

Up next LHP Ian Seymour (6-1, 4.11 ERA) gets the nod for Tampa Bay in the series finale on Sunday against Mariners RHP Emerson Hancock (6-4, 3.23).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Simpson grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Morel struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Mangum grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Brash relieved Vargas
	8th Inning	Raleigh struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Arozarena struck out swinging.

Statistics

TB		SEA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	3
10	Ground Balls	15
12	Strikeouts	9
3	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	16
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	0
13	Fly Balls	6
0	Caught Stealing	2
153	Pitches	149
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
17	Total Bases	15
37	Plate Appearances	38
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
6	Extra Base Hits	2
4.7	Runs Created	6.2
.229	Batting Average	.300
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.486	Slugging Percentage	.500
.314	Secondary Average	.333
.270	On Base Percentage	.447
.756	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.947
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	2.5
4.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.0
33.5	Batter Rating	40.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.33
4.14	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.92
.257	Isolated Power	.200
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.56
.054	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.132
.086	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.033
6.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
80.8	MLB Rating	89.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0