The Seattle Mariners' Julio Rodriguez hit his first home run since June 15 on Thursday against the Baltimore Orioles
SEATTLE — The dry spell is officially over in Seattle. Seattle Mariners' star Julio Rodriguez hit a home run on Thursday against the Baltimore Orioles. It was Rodriguez's first home run since June 15 against the Texas Rangers.
Rodriguez's homer came in the bottom of the fifth and went 428 feet to left-center field. It also put the Mariners on the board. At the time, they trailed 2-1.Rodriguez's home run upped his total to eight on the season to go with 30 RBI and a .246 batting average.got on base after Rodriguez's home run. Ty France singled, Josh Rojas singled and Mitch Haniger walked.
Rodriguez picked up where he left off in his next at-bat in the bottom of the seventh. He hit a lead-off double, his seventh of the year. A couple at-bats later, he stole third base. This kicked off another inning which Seattle loaded the bases. JP Crawford capitalized and hit a three-run double to the center field wall to put the Mariners up 5-2. Mitch Garver followed with a home run.
The Seattle Mariners' farm system is getting more and more recognition and hype. Baseball America released it's latest top 100 prospect list on Wednesday and the list featured eight Mariners, the most representation by any team on the list.
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