In a thrilling game, Seattle Mariners outfielder Luke Raley hit a career-high seven runs with a grand slam and a three-run homer, powering his team to a 12-8 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Chicago rookie Munetaka Murakami hit a historic first-inning homer, while Seattle pitcher Emerson Hancock gave up five runs in six innings. The game saw seven total home runs, tying the 16-inning game between the Yankees and Red Sox for the most home runs in one game since 2001.
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Emerson Hancock warms up before a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox , Friday, May 8, 2026, in Chicago. Luke Raley drove in a career-high seven runs with his first grand slam and a three-run homer to power the Seattle Mariners to a 12-8 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.
Josh Naylor also hit a three-run shot and Julio Rodríguez put Seattle ahead for good with a leadoff drive in the fifth inning. Chicago rookie Munetaka Murakami became the first player in major league history to homer in the first game of eight straight series, smacking a solo shot off Emerson Hancock in the first. It was Murakami's 15th homer, tying Yankees slugger Aaron Judge for the major league lead.
Raley hit an 0-2 pitch from Sean Burke for a grand slam in the third that gave the Mariners a 5-1 lead. They scored their first run when Cole Young was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the second. Raley also homered off Tyler Davis — his eighth this season — with two on in the seventh for a 9-5 advantage.
He became the first Seattle player with a grand slam and a three-run homer in the same game since Nelson Cruz at Toronto on July 23, 2016. Rodríguez hit his sixth homer in the fifth for a 6-5 lead. Burke allowed six runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings. Naylor homered for the fifth time this season, a three-run drive off Trevor Richards to make it 12-5 in the eighth.
Naylor and Randy Arozarena both had three hits in Seattle's highest-scoring game this season. Colson Montgomery had a three-run double to cap a four-run third for the White Sox that tied it 5-all. Jarred Kelenic hit an RBI single and Tristan Peters doubled home a run in the eighth off Alex Hoppe. Hancock gave up five runs in six innings.
Brendan Donovan came off the injured list and went 1 for 5 in his first game for Seattle since April 17. Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh was 0 for 5 and is hitless in 25 at-bats dating to April 27.
"Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie was back on the show Thursday after she made an unexpected exit during the previous morning's live broadcast. Hawaii conservation officers are investigating after a man from Seattle allegedly threw a rock at a Hawaiian monk seal off Maui. A crash into a utility pole in Parkland on Friday morning was so violent that the impact killed the driver and ripped the engine from the vehicle.
Jurors have found an off-duty security guard guilty of killing a Renton teenager after a verdict was reached in court on Friday. Drivers across King County are expected to face major slowdowns this weekend as construction shuts down or restricts travel on several major highways on both si
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