SEATTLE (AP) — Patrick Wisdom hit his first home run this season, Jhonny Pereda went deep for the second time in the major leagues and the Seattle Mariners beat the New York Mets 8-3 on Tuesday night for their season-high eighth straight victory.
The Mariners (33-29) improved to a season-best four games over .500 on the strength of another stellar offensive performance. Seattle smacked three home runs, increasing its total to 21 during a winning streak that is the team’s longest since rattling off eight consecutive victories in September last season.
Wisdom got the Mariners on the board in the second inning . It was Wisdom’s first home run since Sept. 21, 2024, with the Chicago Cubs.
New York tied it in the third on , who added a solo shot off Logan Gilbert (4-4) in the sixth. .
Gilbert allowed three runs and struck out eight in 5 1/3 innings.
Seattle supplied the rest of the offense. Julio Rodríguez, who , lofted a sacrifice fly in the fourth off Jonah Tong (1-1) to score Wisdom.
Rodríguez’s 13th homer tied him with Luke Raley for the team lead. Rodríguez led the American League with 10 home runs in May.
Pereda, , connected for a three-run drive against Tong that made it 7-2 in the fifth.
The Mariners were minus first baseman Josh Naylor, who after exiting with .
Up next
Mariners right-hander George Kirby (5-4, 3.77 ERA) starts Wednesday afternoon opposite Mets righty Freddy Peralta (3-4, 3.55).
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