Cal Raleigh homered from each side of the plate for the second time in three days, and JP Crawford had three hits and three RBIs in an 11-0 rout of the Angels by the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night.
Jorge Polanco hit a two-run single in the first inning as the Mariners earned their major league debut. Jack Kochanovich (0-1) and continued its run. Seattle opened a four-game winning streak in Anaheim with its third victory.
Raleigh hit a solo shot in the third inning to the left side of the plate and a three-run drive in the sixth to the right side. His 19 homers are the most by a Seattle catcher before the All-Star break.
Luis Castillo (8-9) pitched six innings of four-hit ball with five strikeouts to win consecutive starts for the first time since April.
Mickey Moniac He had two hits for the Angels, who have lost nine of 11 and have been shut out for the fourth time in their last nine games.
Kochanowicz completed three innings for the Angels, allowing four earned runs on seven hits and striking out two. The Angels called up the 23-year-old right-hander from Rocket City to fill a void in their rotation, but the Mariners’ first five batters reached base against him.
Raleigh’s leadoff homer in the third moved him past Oakland’s Shea Langeliers for most homers by a catcher this season. Raleigh then added a three-run shot to left field for his seventh career game, following his two-homer performance Tuesday in San Diego.
Crawford hit a two-run homer in the fourth and added an RBI single in the sixth. The Long Beach native typically dominates in front of his large cheering section in the Big A, where he has 45 hits (the most in any road game) and 19 RBIs on 38 hits.
Seattle immediately got to Kochanovic, who led off the first with four straight strikeouts. After Crawford doubled and scored on Josh Rojas’ single to right field, the Mariners hit five straight to start a game for the first time since August 2022.
Seattle scored on a throwing error by third baseman Luis Guillorme that should have ended the double play, and Polanco added a two-run single.
Kevin Pillar was ejected by home plate umpire Nick Mahrli in the sixth after what appeared to be a called third strike.
Before the game, the Angels announced that left-hander Jose Quijada will pitch for Triple H on Wednesday in his return from Tommy John surgery in May 2023. He will return to the majors this season.
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All-Star selection Tyler Anderson (8-8, 2.81 ERA) will take the mound for the Angels on Friday. Seattle is likely to send Brian Woo (3-1, 1.77) back after two starts due to a foot injury.
