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Mariners rally to win slugfest over Cardinals 11-9

Mariners Cardinals Baseball Seattle Mariners' Julio Rodríguez hits a two-run home run against the St. Louis Cardinals during the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Le) (Jeff Le/AP)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Julio Rodríguez, Will Wilson and Cole Young each homered, and Leo Rivas hit a two-run single in the ninth to help the Seattle Mariners beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-9 on Saturday.

Rivas lined the bases-loaded hit off Riley O’Brien (3-1), who had not allowed an earned run in 13 previous appearances this season.

Matt Brash (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth inning, and Andrés Muñoz pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his fifth save.

Nathan Church homered twice and had four RBIs, JJ Wetherholt and Iván Herrera hit back-to-back home runs to leadoff the bottom of the first inning, and Pedro Pagés also homered for St. Louis.

Mitch Garver and Young hit back-to-back singles off JoJo Romero to leadoff the eighth inning, and Connor Joe stroked a pinch-hit, two-run single off O’Brien to tie the game at 9-all.

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Church hit a two-run homer, his fourth of the season, to right-center field in the seventh inning to pull the Cardinals ahead 9-7 after hitting a solo shot to right field in the second.

Bryan Woo allowed a career high-tying seven runs on nine hits including four home runs in three innings for Seattle.

Matthew Liberatore allowed five runs, all coming via home runs, in 3 1/3 innings for St. Louis.

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